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What if United Kingdom broke into pieces?
2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.3% of the world.
The year is 2026, and United Kingdom 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, United Kingdom did better than 88 of them.
Its share of the world
- 2026: 0.2%
- 2036: 0.2%
- 2051: 0.2%
- 2076: 0.2%
- 2126: 0.3%
- 2176: 0.3%
- 2226: 0.3%
- 2326: 0.3%
Year by year
- 2026: Holy Manchester Union broke away.
- 2026: People's Republic of Glasgow broke away.
- 2041: made peace with Holy Manchester Union.
- 2073: went to war with Ireland.
- 2079: People's Republic of Glasgow attacked.
- 2083: took People's Republic of Glasgow.
- 2117: Holy Manchester Union attacked.
- 2126: took Holy Manchester Union.
- 2167: took Ireland.
What happened
- At its height, in 2102, it held 0.3% of the world.
- Its first war of its own came in 2073, against Ireland.
- The first piece to break away was Holy Manchester Union, in 2026.
- Along the way it swallowed People's Republic of Glasgow, Holy Manchester Union, Ireland.
- 4 wars in 300 years.
The world in 2326
In 2326, Russia ruled 13.2% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 118 nations were left standing.
"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record
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