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What if Netherlands broke into pieces?
Netherlands fell in 2133, taken by Belgium.
2026: Netherlands 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, 47 fell. Netherlands outlasted 13 of them.
Its share of the world
- 2026: 0%
- 2036: 0%
- 2051: 0%
- 2076: 0%
- 2126: 0%
- 2176: 0%
- 2226: 0%
- 2326: 0%
Year by year
- 2034: Belgium attacked.
- 2070: made peace with Belgium.
- 2084: Belgium attacked.
- 2118: went to war with Belgium.
- 2132: fell to Belgium.
What happened
- Its first war of its own came in 2034, against Belgium.
- 3 wars in 300 years.
The world in 2326
In 2326, Russia ruled 20.5% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 113 nations were left standing.
"Everyone said it would hold. Everyone says that." Max, for the record
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