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What if South Korea had a golden age?

South Korea survived, holding 0.1% of the world, about where it started.

In 2026, South Korea began a fifty-year golden age: richer, stronger and very pleased with itself. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, South Korea did better than 60 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: 0.1%
6. 2176: 0.1%
7. 2226: 0.1%
8. 2326: 0.1%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2027: North Korea attacked.
• 2066: made peace with North Korea.
• 2140: North Korea attacked.
• 2201: North Korea attacked.
• 2229: took North Korea.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2027, against North Korea.
• Along the way it swallowed North Korea.
• 3 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.3% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 107 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." 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 South Korea

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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.