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What if Norway broke into pieces?

3 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.4% of the world.

2026: Norway 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, Norway did better than 99 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.6%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.4%
4. 2076: 0.4%
5. 2126: 0.5%
6. 2176: 0.5%
7. 2226: 0.5%
8. 2326: 0.4%

Year by year

• 2026: Helsinki Commune broke away.
• 2026: United Provinces of Stockholm broke away.
• 2026: Stockholm Commune broke away.
• 2026: went to war with Finland.
• 2034: made peace with United Provinces of Stockholm.
• 2066: went to war with United Provinces of Stockholm.
• 2071: Stockholm Commune attacked.
• 2096: took United Provinces of Stockholm.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2026, against Finland.
• The first piece to break away was Helsinki Commune, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed United Provinces of Stockholm.
• 7 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 14.7% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 103 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." 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.