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What if Nigeria had a golden age?

Nigeria survived and ended with 0.9% of the world, up from 0.5%.

The year is 2026, and Nigeria enters fifty years of plenty. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Nigeria did better than 110 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.5%
2. 2036: 0.5%
3. 2051: 0.5%
4. 2076: 0.6%
5. 2126: 0.8%
6. 2176: 0.8%
7. 2226: 0.8%
8. 2326: 0.9%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2032: Benin attacked.
• 2041: went to war with Burkina Faso.
• 2079: made peace with Burkina Faso.
• 2098: Cameroon attacked.
• 2118: took Burkina Faso.

What happened

• At its height, in 2265, it held 0.9% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2032, against Benin.
• Along the way it swallowed Burkina Faso.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 18.3% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and People's Republic of China. 110 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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.

Other what-ifs for Nigeria

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.