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What if Mali had a golden age?

Mali survived and ended with 0.9% of the world, up from 0.7%.

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

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.7%
2. 2036: 0.7%
3. 2051: 0.7%
4. 2076: 1%
5. 2126: 1%
6. 2176: 1.1%
7. 2226: 1.1%
8. 2326: 0.9%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2035: went to war with Niger.
• 2043: went to war with Burkina Faso.
• 2074: made peace with Niger.
• 2075: Senegal attacked.
• 2183: took Burkina Faso.

What happened

• At its height, in 2129, it held 1.1% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2035, against Niger.
• Along the way it swallowed Burkina Faso.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 110 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." 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 Mali

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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.