The Earthpedia · Against the whole world

What if the whole world declared war on Iraq?

Iraq fell in 2065, taken by Saudi Arabia.

2026: every other country on Earth turns on Iraq at the same moment. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, 56 fell. Iraq outlasted 35 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.3%
2. 2036: 0.2%
3. 2051: 0.1%
4. 2076: 0%
5. 2126: 0%
6. 2176: 0%
7. 2226: 0%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2046: took Kuwait.
• 2064: fell to Saudi Arabia.

What happened

• Along the way it swallowed Kuwait.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 19.5% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 109 nations were left standing.

"Everyone said it would hold. Everyone says that." 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.

Other what-ifs for Iraq

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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.