Play God on EarthThe Earthpedia · A golden age
What if New Zealand had a golden age?
New Zealand survived, holding 0.2% of the world, about where it started.
In 2026, New Zealand began a fifty-year golden age: richer, stronger and very pleased with itself. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.
Of 133 countries put through the same fate, New Zealand did better than 75 of them.
Its share of the world
- 2026: 0.2%
- 2036: 0.2%
- 2051: 0.2%
- 2076: 0.2%
- 2126: 0.2%
- 2176: 0.2%
- 2226: 0.2%
- 2326: 0.2%
Year by year
- 2026: a golden age began.
The world in 2326
In 2326, Russia ruled 14.7% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 108 nations were left standing.
"Against all odds, and most of the planet." Max, for the record
Run it yourself
Play this worldSame seed, same history: it unfolds exactly like this, until you touch it. Then it is your world.
Other what-ifs for New Zealand
More countries
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.