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What if Ireland broke into pieces?

Ireland fell in 2303, taken by United Kingdom.

2026: Ireland 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, 47 fell. Ireland outlasted 43 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2066: went to war with United Kingdom.
• 2079: made peace with United Kingdom.
• 2110: United Kingdom attacked.
• 2207: went to war with United Kingdom.
• 2302: fell to United Kingdom.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2066, against United Kingdom.
• 4 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 112 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 Ireland

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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.