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What if Saudi Arabia broke into pieces?

4 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1.6% of the world.

2026: Saudi Arabia 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, Saudi Arabia did better than 123 of them.

Its share of the world

2026: 1.1%
2036: 0.8%
2051: 1%
2076: 1.1%
2126: 1.2%
2176: 1.2%
2226: 1.5%
2326: 1.6%

Year by year

2026: Kingdom of Jeddah broke away.
2026: United Provinces of Dammam broke away.
2026: United Provinces of Tabuk broke away.
2026: Al Hillah Commune broke away.
2026: Yemen attacked.
2039: made peace with United Provinces of Dammam.
2044: went to war with Kingdom of Jeddah.
2048: went to war with Jordan.
2067: took Kuwait.

What happened

At its height, in 2228, it held 1.6% of the world.
Its first war of its own came in 2026, against Yemen.
The first piece to break away was Kingdom of Jeddah, in 2026.
Along the way it swallowed Kuwait, Kingdom of Jeddah, Al Hillah Commune, United Provinces of Dammam.
13 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 21.4% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 106 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." Max, for the record

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