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What if Russia had a golden age?

Russia survived, just: 12.9% of the world, down from 19%.

2026: heaven hands Russia a golden age. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Russia did better than 132 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 19%
2. 2036: 19%
3. 2051: 19.3%
4. 2076: 15.6%
5. 2126: 12.8%
6. 2176: 12.8%
7. 2226: 12.8%
8. 2326: 12.9%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2028: Finland attacked.
• 2040: Estonia attacked.
• 2045: Ukraine attacked.
• 2056: made peace with Finland.
• 2066: United Provinces of Tula broke away.
• 2081: Krasnoyarsk Confederacy broke away.

What happened

• At its height, in 2056, it held 19.4% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2028, against Finland.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Tula, in 2066.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.9% of the Earth, ahead of People's Republic of China and United States of America. 103 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." Max, for the record

What players did

Players have run this 6 times. Russia was still standing 100 years later in 100% of them, holding 13.7% of the world on average.

Run it yourself

Same seed, same history: it unfolds exactly like this, until you touch it. Then it is your world.

Other what-ifs for Russia

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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.