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What if Mauritania broke into pieces?

Mauritania fell in 2252, taken by Morocco.

2026: Mauritania 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, 47 fell. Mauritania outlasted 39 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.6%
2. 2036: 0.4%
3. 2051: 0.4%
4. 2076: 0.4%
5. 2126: 0.4%
6. 2176: 0.4%
7. 2226: 0.1%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: Kingdom of Bamako broke away.
• 2040: made peace with Kingdom of Bamako.
• 2080: went to war with Kingdom of Bamako.
• 2082: Morocco attacked.
• 2096: Morocco attacked.
• 2251: fell to Morocco.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2080, against Kingdom of Bamako.
• The first piece to break away was Kingdom of Bamako, in 2026.
• 12 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 11.1% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and People's Republic of China. 116 nations were left standing.

"Everyone said it would hold. Everyone says that." 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.