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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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pop music?
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
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Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
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Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
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yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
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Spain
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To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
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Vatican
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
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Someone said Netherlands above
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
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How is this an example of irony?
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
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whom did they damage
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the us
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
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Greece
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
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Venice
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
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It's too yuge to qualify
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
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Vatican City
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
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Macedonia
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
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Strongman competitions
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Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the further you go back Portugal takes it with the whole Age of Exploration shit. But Sweden invented Zyn, pop music, furniture, matches that don't explode, and file sharing. It's gotta be close!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Violet Supple Queen Of The Night Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029497)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TECHNICALLY a French invention.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: Violet Supple Queen Of The Night Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029526)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: Charismatic well-lubricated tattoo

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, and The Weeknd were written by a Swede. Country with 10 million people account for a massive percentage of American pop music. In deference to Norway, they wrote most of Rhianna's bangers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Charismatic well-lubricated tattoo

Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essentially a pop band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branched out into Rock n Roll. Bubble gum pop as we know it is a product of the nineteen hundred and nineties. it's not even disputable. The Mall would not be the Same without Scandinavians.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Charismatic well-lubricated tattoo

Wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era but the widely repurposed namesake for the type of Britney/Xtina garbage we grew up on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Disgusting Low-t International Law Enforcement Agency

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Godawful community account field

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Domesticated orchid ladyboy



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: talented anal meetinghouse dopamine



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: green soggy den

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They also invented Protestantism as we know it. They were the first to refute Predestination while still maintaining a lot of Calvin's Reformed Theology.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Charismatic well-lubricated tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029539)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Rough-skinned travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029542)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: Buff hunting ground sandwich

Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has invented some interesting things, but hasn't really moved the needle on world history in the same way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Copper Nursing Home Hissy Fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Godawful community account field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Charismatic well-lubricated tattoo

Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capitalism and they had an overseas empire as well. They also played a major role in Europe (revolt against the Hapsburgs, sitting on the throne of England and the Glorious Revolution, etc.) starting around 16th century that Portugal really did not have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Rough-skinned travel guidebook

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: trip chrome area

yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you backaches and the frame cracks after a few months, while putting ppl who made actual high quality shit out of business was a very impactful movement. good job sweden. you deserve every last muslim you wave in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Switzerland for tax purposes LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and culture and then moved to a tax haven so he wouldn't have to pay back into it ig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: heady iridescent theatre

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle did not meaningfully change the world despite what some fans of CounterStrike might have you believe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: heady iridescent theatre

i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they have done massive damage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: heady iridescent theatre

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: talented anal meetinghouse dopamine

They’re literally actively engaged in what has been judicially determined to be a genocide as we speak.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Rough-skinned travel guidebook

Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a negative track record on the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Copper Nursing Home Hissy Fit

If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny period.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: vivacious slate temple black woman

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at the height of it's power? It was like a huge empire. It's only small w/r/t today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Blue Juggernaut French Chef

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Violet Supple Queen Of The Night Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Peach bisexual hall national security agency

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian history. What all did HK do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: odious parlour clown

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Hairraiser Carnelian Crackhouse

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck is an æbleskive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Hairraiser Carnelian Crackhouse

Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white civilization at critical times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Buff hunting ground sandwich

If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bullet. They're on a small island. Their population is about 1/6 of the US, less than 1/20 of India and China. And despite that, they are the undisputed POTUS and driving force of world history, civilization, commerce, and industry from, let's say, 1588 (defeat of the Spanish Armada) until they decided to give it all up circa 1945.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland is the maximum size. But no disagreement in general.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: laughsome scourge upon the earth

Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: laughsome scourge upon the earth

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Domesticated orchid ladyboy

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Learning disabled concupiscible parlor dragon

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: Purple Space Karate

culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music. all from a tiny population on a frigid island.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: azure appetizing university codepig

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Apoplectic Church Building Filthpig

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2/en-en#50030857)