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What if Mexico broke into pieces?

9 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.3% of the world.

2026: Mexico 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, Mexico did better than 88 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.1%
2. 2036: 0.8%
3. 2051: 0.9%
4. 2076: 1%
5. 2126: 1%
6. 2176: 0.6%
7. 2226: 0.6%
8. 2326: 0.3%

Year by year

• 2026: Republic of Guadalajara broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Monterrey broke away.
• 2026: Tijuana Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Ciudad Juárez Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Mérida broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Culiacán broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Hermosillo broke away.
• 2026: Holy Oaxaca Union broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Tuxtla Gutiérrez broke away.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2047, against Tijuana Confederacy.
• The first piece to break away was Republic of Guadalajara, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Free State of Culiacán, Holy Oaxaca Union, Republic of Guadalajara, Belize, People's Republic of Hermosillo.
• 14 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.6% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 117 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.