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What if Yemen broke into pieces?

Yemen survived, just: 0% of the world, down from 0.2%.

2026: Yemen 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, Yemen did better than 47 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.2%
2. 2036: 0.2%
3. 2051: 0.2%
4. 2076: 0.3%
5. 2126: 0.2%
6. 2176: 0%
7. 2226: 0%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2060: went to war with Oman.
• 2079: made peace with Oman.
• 2089: went to war with Oman.
• 2093: went to war with Saudi Arabia.

What happened

• At its height, in 2065, it held 0.3% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2060, against Oman.
• 8 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.1% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 113 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." 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.

Other what-ifs for Yemen

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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.