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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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mustard tanning salon keepsake machete
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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mustard tanning salon keepsake machete
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pop music?
carmine trump supporter
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
carmine trump supporter
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
carmine trump supporter
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yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Spain
plum razzle stock car
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To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Vatican
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translucent meetinghouse azn
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Racy mental disorder therapy
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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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diverse sooty cuckold
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
carmine trump supporter
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Someone said Netherlands above
hilarious mood
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
Aphrodisiac naked jap field
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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How is this an example of irony?
Bright titillating police squad elastic band
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
pea-brained hell
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
pea-brained hell
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whom did they damage
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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the us
pea-brained hell
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
translucent meetinghouse azn
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
hilarious mood
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
cracking elite property
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Greece
dark cerebral candlestick maker indirect expression
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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mustard tanning salon keepsake machete
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
At-the-ready Plaza Friendly Grandma
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Venice
Spruce vibrant sweet tailpipe
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
Frisky twinkling uncleanness
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
Jet theater stage really tough guy
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
Indigo mind-boggling office kitty
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It's too yuge to qualify
up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
Indigo mind-boggling office kitty
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
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Vatican City
fear-inspiring twisted station
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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: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: mustard tanning salon keepsake machete



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: mustard tanning salon keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029526)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: carmine trump supporter

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: carmine trump supporter

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=4593694#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: carmine trump supporter

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: plum razzle stock car

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: diverse sooty cuckold

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: fear-inspiring twisted station



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: translucent meetinghouse azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030483)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Racy mental disorder therapy

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=4593694#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: carmine trump supporter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029539)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: hilarious mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029542)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: Jet theater stage really tough guy

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=4593694#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: cracking elite property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: diverse sooty cuckold



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: carmine trump supporter

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=4593694#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: hilarious mood

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac naked jap field

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=4593694#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Bright titillating police squad elastic band

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: pea-brained hell

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=4593694#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: pea-brained hell

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=4593694#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: pea-brained hell

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: translucent meetinghouse azn

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=4593694#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: hilarious mood

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=4593694#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: cracking elite property

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=4593694#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: dark cerebral candlestick maker indirect expression

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: cyan laser beams forum

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: mustard tanning salon keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: At-the-ready Plaza Friendly Grandma

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Spruce vibrant sweet tailpipe

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Frisky twinkling uncleanness

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Frisky twinkling uncleanness

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=4593694#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Jet theater stage really tough guy

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=4593694#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: Indigo mind-boggling office kitty

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=4593694#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Indigo mind-boggling office kitty

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

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=4593694#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: fear-inspiring twisted station

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: federal circlehead

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: citrine step-uncle's house

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=4593694#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: up-to-no-good chest-beating reading party

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Sepia pit

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#50030857)