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What if Kenya had a golden age?

Kenya fell in 2243, taken by Tanzania.

In 2026, Kenya 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, 40 fell. Kenya outlasted 26 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2071: Ethiopia attacked.
• 2082: made peace with Ethiopia.
• 2133: went to war with Tanzania.
• 2182: Somalia attacked.
• 2242: fell to Tanzania.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2071, against Ethiopia.
• 8 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.5% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 109 nations were left standing.

"History did not take it personally. Probably." 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 Kenya

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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.