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What if Libya broke into pieces?

5 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.5% of the world.

2026: Libya 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, Libya did better than 105 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1%
2. 2036: 0.7%
3. 2051: 0.8%
4. 2076: 0.8%
5. 2126: 0.7%
6. 2176: 0.6%
7. 2226: 0.6%
8. 2326: 0.5%

Year by year

• 2026: Banghazi Commune broke away.
• 2026: Tripoli League broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Khartoum broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Banghazi broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of El Minya broke away.
• 2034: made peace with People's Republic of Banghazi.
• 2034: went to war with Chad.
• 2041: went to war with Niger.
• 2047: Tripoli League attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2034, against Chad.
• The first piece to break away was Banghazi Commune, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Tripoli League, Banghazi Commune.
• 15 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.1% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 122 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.