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What if Spain broke into pieces?

4 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.4% of the world.

2026: Spain 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, Spain did better than 99 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.4%
2. 2036: 0.3%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.3%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.3%
7. 2226: 0.4%
8. 2326: 0.4%

Year by year

• 2026: Kingdom of Barcelona broke away.
• 2026: Seville Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Holy Bilbao Union broke away.
• 2026: Republic of Valencia broke away.
• 2037: made peace with Republic of Valencia.
• 2043: took Holy Bilbao Union.
• 2052: went to war with Seville Confederacy.
• 2068: Portugal attacked.
• 2075: went to war with Morocco.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2052, against Seville Confederacy.
• The first piece to break away was Kingdom of Barcelona, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Holy Bilbao Union, Seville Confederacy, Republic of Valencia, Kingdom of Barcelona, Portugal.
• 9 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.5% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 117 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." 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.