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What if Myanmar broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Myanmar 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, Myanmar did better than 47 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.4%
2. 2036: 0.2%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.3%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.3%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: Yangon League broke away.
• 2026: United Provinces of Chattogram broke away.
• 2036: Laos attacked.
• 2050: made peace with Yangon League.
• 2051: United Provinces of Chattogram attacked.
• 2060: took United Provinces of Chattogram.
• 2071: Bangladesh attacked.
• 2207: took Yangon League.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2036, against Laos.
• The first piece to break away was Yangon League, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed United Provinces of Chattogram, Yangon League.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 11.2% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and People's Republic of China. 109 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.