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What if the whole world declared war on Mali?

Mali survived and ended with 1.8% of the world, up from 0.7%.

The year is 2026. One morning, the entire planet declares war on Mali. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Mali did better than 117 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.7%
2. 2036: 0.7%
3. 2051: 1%
4. 2076: 1.4%
5. 2126: 1.4%
6. 2176: 1.5%
7. 2226: 1.5%
8. 2326: 1.8%

Year by year

• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2070: Nigeria attacked.
• 2120: Senegal attacked.
• 2133: went to war with Ghana.
• 2156: took Guinea.
• 2312: took Burkina Faso.

What happened

• At its height, in 2280, it held 1.8% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2070, against Nigeria.
• Along the way it swallowed Guinea, Burkina Faso.
• 9 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.5% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 115 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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.