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What if Mexico had a golden age?

Mexico survived, just: 0.8% of the world, down from 1.1%.

2026: heaven hands Mexico a golden age. 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 108 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.1%
2. 2036: 1.1%
3. 2051: 1.1%
4. 2076: 1.2%
5. 2126: 1%
6. 2176: 0.9%
7. 2226: 0.9%
8. 2326: 0.8%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2035: went to war with Belize.
• 2069: Guatemala attacked.
• 2069: took Belize.
• 2089: made peace with Guatemala.
• 2090: El Salvador attacked.
• 2165: took Guatemala.
• 2184: took El Salvador.
• 2242: took Honduras.

What happened

• At its height, in 2072, it held 1.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2035, against Belize.
• Along the way it swallowed Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua.
• 14 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 114 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.

Other what-ifs for Mexico

More countries

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.