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What if Sudan broke into pieces?

4 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1.4% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Sudan 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, Sudan did better than 120 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1%
2. 2036: 0.8%
3. 2051: 0.9%
4. 2076: 1%
5. 2126: 1%
6. 2176: 1%
7. 2226: 1%
8. 2326: 1.4%

Year by year

• 2026: Republic of Port Sudan broke away.
• 2026: Holy Khartoum Union broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Khartoum broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Khartoum broke away.
• 2030: Egypt attacked.
• 2031: Ethiopia attacked.
• 2037: made peace with Kingdom of Khartoum.
• 2065: Kingdom of Khartoum attacked.
• 2294: took Eritrea.

What happened

• At its height, in 2317, it held 1.4% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2030, against Egypt.
• The first piece to break away was Republic of Port Sudan, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Eritrea, Kingdom of Khartoum, Republic of Port Sudan.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 21.2% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 111 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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.