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What if Somalia had a golden age?

Somalia fell in 2226, taken by Ethiopia.

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

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, 40 fell. Somalia outlasted 25 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.3%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.2%
4. 2076: 0.1%
5. 2126: 0.1%
6. 2176: 0%
7. 2226: 0%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2036: went to war with Ethiopia.
• 2038: went to war with Kenya.
• 2047: made peace with Kenya.
• 2097: went to war with Somaliland.
• 2161: took Somaliland.
• 2225: fell to Ethiopia.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2036, against Ethiopia.
• Along the way it swallowed Somaliland.
• 7 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 21% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 108 nations were left standing.

"Everyone said it would hold. Everyone says that." 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.

Other what-ifs for Somalia

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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.