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What if United States of America had a golden age?

United States of America survived, holding 6.2% of the world, about where it started.

2026: heaven hands United States of America a golden age. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, United States of America did better than 129 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 7.2%
2. 2036: 7.2%
3. 2051: 7.3%
4. 2076: 7.7%
5. 2126: 7.8%
6. 2176: 7.8%
7. 2226: 7.9%
8. 2326: 6.2%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2040: Canada attacked.
• 2067: made peace with Canada.
• 2071: Canada attacked.
• 2116: Canada attacked.
• 2231: Kingdom of Chicago broke away.

What happened

• At its height, in 2183, it held 7.9% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2040, against Canada.
• The first piece to break away was Kingdom of Chicago, in 2231.
• 7 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 108 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." Max, for the record

What players did

Players have run this 12 times. United States of America was still standing 100 years later in 100% of them, holding 9.7% of the world on average.

Run it yourself

Same seed, same history: it unfolds exactly like this, until you touch it. Then it is your world.

Other what-ifs for United States of America

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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.