The Earthpedia · A golden age

What if Italy had a golden age?

Italy survived, just: 0.1% of the world, down from 0.2%.

In 2026, Italy began a fifty-year golden age: richer, stronger and very pleased with itself. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Italy did better than 60 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.2%
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: 0.1%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2089: went to war with France.
• 2093: went to war with Switzerland.
• 2104: made peace with Switzerland.
• 2153: went to war with Austria.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2089, against France.
• 8 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 112 nations were left standing.

"It survived. It would rather not talk about it." Max, for the record

What players did

Players have run this 7 times. Italy was still standing 100 years later in 100% of them, holding 6.4% of the world on average.

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 Italy

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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.