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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
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soul-stirring bbw wagecucks
  07/28/26
pop music?
orchid karate
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
orchid karate
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
orchid karate
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Spain
Autistic Histrionic Cuck Menage
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Vatican
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translucent fortuitous meteor market
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Light talking stain
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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orchid karate
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sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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up-to-no-good cream garrison
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
orchid karate
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
Lascivious Forum Hunting Ground
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
Spruce Aromatic Locale
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Spectacular Garnet Rehab
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Spectacular Garnet Rehab
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
the us
Spectacular Garnet Rehab
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
translucent fortuitous meteor market
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
Fuchsia vibrant feces boltzmann
  07/28/26
Greece
Nofapping spot
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
Submissive bright resort telephone
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soul-stirring bbw wagecucks
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
Know-it-all Lettuce
  07/28/26
can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Venice
Bronze talented messiness
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Denmark if it counts DUH
Abusive ocher crackhouse
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
Abusive ocher crackhouse
  07/28/26
what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
Beady-eyed effete library
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
chartreuse stage
  07/28/26
It's too yuge to qualify
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
chartreuse stage
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Vatican City
wild metal corn cake
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Macedonia
galvanic lay old irish cottage
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
Magenta concupiscible trailer park
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: soul-stirring bbw wagecucks



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: soul-stirring bbw wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029526)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: orchid karate

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: orchid karate

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: orchid karate

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Autistic Histrionic Cuck Menage

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: up-to-no-good cream garrison

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: wild metal corn cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030420)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: translucent fortuitous meteor market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030483)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Light talking stain

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: orchid karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029539)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029542)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: Beady-eyed effete library

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Fuchsia vibrant feces boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: up-to-no-good cream garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: orchid karate

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Lascivious Forum Hunting Ground

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Spruce Aromatic Locale

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Spectacular Garnet Rehab

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Spectacular Garnet Rehab

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Spectacular Garnet Rehab

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: translucent fortuitous meteor market

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: sable medicated deer antler organic girlfriend

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Fuchsia vibrant feces boltzmann

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Nofapping spot

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Submissive bright resort telephone

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: soul-stirring bbw wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Know-it-all Lettuce

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Bronze talented messiness

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Abusive ocher crackhouse

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Abusive ocher 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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Beady-eyed effete library

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: chartreuse stage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: chartreuse stage

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: wild metal corn cake

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: galvanic lay old irish cottage

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: Magenta concupiscible trailer park

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\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Motley Useless Senate Windowlicker

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Brilliant party of the first part heaven

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=3986969#50030857)