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What if the whole world declared war on Poland?

Poland survived and ended with 0.4% of the world, up from 0.3%.

2026: every other country on Earth turns on Poland at the same moment. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Poland did better than 92 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.3%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.2%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.4%
7. 2226: 0.4%
8. 2326: 0.4%

Year by year

• 2048: took Slovakia.
• 2059: took Latvia.
• 2065: took Hungary.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2077: Lithuania attacked.
• 2077: Slovenia attacked.
• 2093: went to war with Romania.
• 2126: took Estonia.
• 2236: took Montenegro.

What happened

• At its height, in 2163, it held 0.4% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2077, against Lithuania.
• Along the way it swallowed Slovakia, Latvia, Hungary, Estonia, Montenegro.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 14.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 110 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." 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.