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What if Ukraine broke into pieces?

5 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.6% of the world.

In 2026, Ukraine broke into pieces around its biggest cities. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Ukraine did better than 107 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.5%
2. 2036: 0.4%
3. 2051: 0.4%
4. 2076: 0.4%
5. 2126: 0.5%
6. 2176: 0.5%
7. 2226: 0.5%
8. 2326: 0.6%

Year by year

• 2026: United Provinces of Kharkiv broke away.
• 2026: Odesa Commune broke away.
• 2026: Lviv Commune broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Kryvyy Rih broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Mariupol broke away.
• 2036: took Free State of Kryvyy Rih.
• 2042: made peace with United Provinces of Kharkiv.
• 2077: Odesa Commune attacked.
• 2094: Lviv Commune attacked.

What happened

• At its height, in 2279, it held 0.6% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2077, against Odesa Commune.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Kharkiv, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Free State of Kryvyy Rih, Lviv Commune, Kingdom of Mariupol, Moldova.
• 6 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.5% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 114 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

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