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What if Mozambique broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.1% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Mozambique splits apart overnight, city by city. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Mozambique did better than 63 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.4%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.3%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.3%
7. 2226: 0.1%
8. 2326: 0.1%

Year by year

• 2026: United Provinces of Beira broke away.
• 2026: United Provinces of Lilongwe broke away.
• 2030: South Africa attacked.
• 2042: made peace with United Provinces of Beira.
• 2110: Zimbabwe attacked.
• 2172: Tanzania attacked.
• 2189: took United Provinces of Beira.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2030, against South Africa.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Beira, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed United Provinces of Beira.
• 4 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 11% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 118 nations were left standing.

"Smaller, but still on the map. Some days that is the job." 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.