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What if Uganda broke into pieces?

Uganda fell in 2177, taken by South Sudan.

2026: Uganda 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, 47 fell. Uganda outlasted 24 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

• 2026: went to war with South Sudan.
• 2032: went to war with Rwanda.
• 2041: made peace with Rwanda.
• 2045: South Sudan attacked.
• 2055: took Rwanda.
• 2176: fell to South Sudan.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2026, against South Sudan.
• Along the way it swallowed Rwanda.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 15.1% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and People's Republic of China. 109 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.

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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.