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What if Mali broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.7% of the world.

2026: Mali 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, Mali did better than 110 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: People's Republic of Ouagadougou broke away.
• 2026: Republic of Niamey broke away.
• 2028: Mauritania attacked.
• 2031: made peace with People's Republic of Ouagadougou.
• 2040: Senegal attacked.
• 2045: Republic of Niamey attacked.
• 2080: took Republic of Niamey.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2028, against Mauritania.
• The first piece to break away was People's Republic of Ouagadougou, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Republic of Niamey.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 10.1% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and United States of America. 112 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." 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.