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What if Iran had a golden age?

Iran survived and ended with 1.2% of the world, up from 1%.

The year is 2026, and Iran enters fifty years of plenty. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Iran did better than 116 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1%
2. 2036: 1%
3. 2051: 1%
4. 2076: 1%
5. 2126: 1.1%
6. 2176: 1.2%
7. 2226: 1.2%
8. 2326: 1.2%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2059: went to war with Armenia.
• 2088: made peace with Armenia.
• 2089: went to war with Armenia.
• 2094: went to war with Georgia.
• 2249: took Azerbaijan.

What happened

• At its height, in 2131, it held 1.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2059, against Armenia.
• Along the way it swallowed Azerbaijan.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.4% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 108 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

Same seed, same history: it unfolds exactly like this, until you touch it. Then it is your world.

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Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game.