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What if South Korea broke into pieces?

South Korea fell in 2184, taken by People's Republic of China.

The year is 2026, and South Korea splits apart overnight, city by city. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, 47 fell. South Korea outlasted 29 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2047: North Korea attacked.
• 2067: went to war with People's Republic of China.
• 2074: made peace with People's Republic of China.
• 2078: took North Korea.
• 2094: went to war with People's Republic of China.
• 2183: fell to People's Republic of China.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2047, against North Korea.
• Along the way it swallowed North Korea.
• 5 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.2% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 109 nations were left standing.

"I filed the obituary. It was short." 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.