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What if Namibia broke into pieces?

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

2026: Namibia 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, Namibia did better than 63 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.5%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.4%
4. 2076: 0.4%
5. 2126: 0.4%
6. 2176: 0.2%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0.1%

Year by year

• 2026: United Provinces of Windhoek broke away.
• 2026: Republic of Cape Town broke away.
• 2031: made peace with United Provinces of Windhoek.
• 2071: United Provinces of Windhoek attacked.
• 2083: Angola attacked.
• 2087: took United Provinces of Windhoek.
• 2112: went to war with Republic of Cape Town.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2071, against United Provinces of Windhoek.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Windhoek, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed United Provinces of Windhoek.
• 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. 111 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.