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What if Laos had a golden age?

Laos fell in 2179, taken by Myanmar.

In 2026, Laos 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. Laos outlasted 18 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2075: Vietnam attacked.
• 2112: made peace with Vietnam.
• 2126: People's Republic of China attacked.
• 2160: People's Republic of China attacked.
• 2178: fell to Myanmar.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2075, against Vietnam.
• 4 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 100 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 Laos

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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.