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What if the whole world declared war on People's Republic of China?

People's Republic of China survived and ended with 8.9% of the world, up from 6.2%.

In 2026, every nation on Earth declared war on People's Republic of China at once. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, People's Republic of China did better than 131 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 6.2%
2. 2036: 6.8%
3. 2051: 7.7%
4. 2076: 8.6%
5. 2126: 9.1%
6. 2176: 9.1%
7. 2226: 9.2%
8. 2326: 8.9%

Year by year

• 2037: took Bhutan.
• 2046: took Nepal.
• 2065: took North Korea.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2083: Kazakhstan attacked.
• 2093: Laos attacked.
• 2129: Uzbekistan attacked.
• 2183: took South Korea.
• 2226: Grand Duchy of Mianyang broke away.

What happened

• At its height, in 2225, it held 9.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2083, against Kazakhstan.
• The first piece to break away was Grand Duchy of Mianyang, in 2226.
• Along the way it swallowed Bhutan, Nepal, North Korea, South Korea.
• 7 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.5% of the Earth, ahead of People's Republic of China and Canada. 113 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." Max, for the record

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