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What if Pakistan broke into pieces?

5 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0% of the world.

2026: Pakistan 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, Pakistan did better than 47 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.5%
2. 2036: 0.4%
3. 2051: 0.5%
4. 2076: 0.5%
5. 2126: 0.2%
6. 2176: 0.2%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: United Provinces of Karachi broke away.
• 2026: Multan Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Quetta Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Bannu broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Srinagar broke away.
• 2032: made peace with Multan Confederacy.
• 2037: went to war with People's Republic of China.
• 2054: went to war with Multan Confederacy.
• 2057: Iran attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2037, against People's Republic of China.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Karachi, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Multan Confederacy, Quetta Confederacy.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 114 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.