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What if Mongolia broke into pieces?

3 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.2% of the world.

2026: Mongolia 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, Mongolia did better than 78 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.2%
2. 2036: 0.8%
3. 2051: 1%
4. 2076: 0.9%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.2%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0.2%

Year by year

• 2026: Free State of Ulaanbaatar broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Hami broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Irkutsk broke away.
• 2031: made peace with Kingdom of Irkutsk.
• 2051: went to war with Grand Duchy of Hami.
• 2056: took Grand Duchy of Hami.
• 2070: went to war with Russia.
• 2077: Kingdom of Irkutsk attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2051, against Grand Duchy of Hami.
• The first piece to break away was Free State of Ulaanbaatar, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Grand Duchy of Hami.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.1% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 108 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.