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What if Romania broke into pieces?

1 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.3% of the world.

2026: Romania 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, Romania did better than 88 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.2%
2. 2036: 0.1%
3. 2051: 0.2%
4. 2076: 0.2%
5. 2126: 0.2%
6. 2176: 0.2%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0.3%

Year by year

• 2026: Free State of Lviv broke away.
• 2029: went to war with Hungary.
• 2038: went to war with Serbia.
• 2043: made peace with Free State of Lviv.
• 2057: Bosnia and Herzegovina attacked.
• 2247: took Bulgaria.

What happened

• At its height, in 2323, it held 0.3% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2029, against Hungary.
• The first piece to break away was Free State of Lviv, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Bulgaria.
• 16 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 11.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 113 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.