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What if the whole world declared war on Nicaragua?

Nicaragua survived, holding 0.1% of the world, about where it started.

2026: every other country on Earth turns on Nicaragua at the same moment. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Nicaragua did better than 72 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2059: took Costa Rica.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2100: went to war with El Salvador.
• 2117: Panama attacked.
• 2117: took El Salvador.
• 2144: went to war with Guatemala.

What happened

• At its height, in 2063, it held 0.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2100, against El Salvador.
• Along the way it swallowed Costa Rica, El Salvador.
• 9 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 11.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 107 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." 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.