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What if Iraq broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.2% of the world.

2026: Iraq falls apart into a dozen states. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Iraq did better than 78 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: Mosul Commune broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Basra broke away.
• 2041: made peace with Free State of Basra.
• 2112: went to war with Free State of Basra.
• 2187: Iran attacked.
• 2194: Mosul Commune attacked.
• 2196: took Mosul Commune.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2112, against Free State of Basra.
• The first piece to break away was Mosul Commune, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Mosul Commune.
• 4 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 107 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." 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.