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What if Republic of the Congo had a golden age?

Republic of the Congo survived, holding 0.2% of the world, about where it started.

The year is 2026, and Republic of the Congo 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, Republic of the Congo did better than 75 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2047: went to war with Gabon.
• 2085: made peace with Gabon.
• 2107: Angola attacked.
• 2138: Cameroon attacked.
• 2147: took Gabon.

What happened

• At its height, in 2065, it held 0.3% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2047, against Gabon.
• Along the way it swallowed Gabon.
• 9 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 10.1% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and People's Republic of China. 124 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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.