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What if Venezuela broke into pieces?

3 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.3% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Venezuela 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, Venezuela did better than 88 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: 0.4%
8. 2326: 0.3%

Year by year

• 2026: Republic of Maracaibo broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Ciudad Guayana broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Ciudad Guayana broke away.
• 2036: made peace with Free State of Ciudad Guayana.
• 2041: Grand Duchy of Ciudad Guayana attacked.
• 2043: took Grand Duchy of Ciudad Guayana.
• 2047: Trinidad and Tobago attacked.
• 2085: Trinidad and Tobago attacked.
• 2128: took Free State of Ciudad Guayana.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2041, against Grand Duchy of Ciudad Guayana.
• The first piece to break away was Republic of Maracaibo, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Grand Duchy of Ciudad Guayana, Free State of Ciudad Guayana.
• 14 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 20.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 106 nations were left standing.

"Smaller, but still on the map. Some days that is the job." 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.

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