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What if New Zealand broke into pieces?

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

In 2026, New Zealand broke into pieces around its biggest cities. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, New Zealand did better than 78 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: Grand Duchy of Auckland broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Wellington broke away.
• 2038: made peace with Free State of Wellington.
• 2042: Free State of Wellington attacked.
• 2055: Grand Duchy of Auckland attacked.
• 2081: Free State of Wellington attacked.
• 2102: took Free State of Wellington.
• 2143: took Grand Duchy of Auckland.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2042, against Free State of Wellington.
• The first piece to break away was Grand Duchy of Auckland, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Free State of Wellington, Grand Duchy of Auckland.
• 5 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 11.9% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and People's Republic of China. 118 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." 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.

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