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What if Kazakhstan broke into pieces?

3 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1.8% of the world.

2026: Kazakhstan 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, Kazakhstan did better than 122 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 2.1%
2. 2036: 1.3%
3. 2051: 1.3%
4. 2076: 1.3%
5. 2126: 1.5%
6. 2176: 1.5%
7. 2226: 1.6%
8. 2326: 1.5%

Year by year

• 2026: Holy Almaty Union broke away.
• 2026: Chelyabinsk League broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Tashkent broke away.
• 2031: made peace with Chelyabinsk League.
• 2093: Chelyabinsk League attacked.
• 2158: Holy Almaty Union attacked.
• 2170: Uzbekistan attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2093, against Chelyabinsk League.
• The first piece to break away was Holy Almaty Union, in 2026.
• 5 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 18.1% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 113 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.