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What if People's Republic of China had a golden age?

People's Republic of China survived, holding 7% of the world, about where it started.

The year is 2026, and People's Republic of China 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, People's Republic of China did better than 130 of them.

Its share of the world

2026: 6.2%
2036: 6.2%
2051: 6.2%
2076: 6.2%
2126: 6.3%
2176: 6.5%
2226: 6.7%
2326: 7%

Year by year

2026: a golden age began.
2065: India attacked.
2073: made peace with India.
2078: Myanmar attacked.
2087: went to war with Laos.
2121: took Nepal.
2321: took South Korea.

What happened

At its height, in 2261, it held 7% of the world.
Its first war of its own came in 2065, against India.
Along the way it swallowed Nepal, South Korea.
11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.8% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 110 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record

What players did

Players have run this 8 times. People's Republic of China was still standing 100 years later in 100% of them, holding 9.2% of the world on average.

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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?

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