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Most impactful small country in world history?
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029495) |
Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: honey-headed karate boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029497) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029500) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM Author: honey-headed karate boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029526) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM Author: Stimulating boistinker pop music? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029504) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029513) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Stimulating boistinker 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=5301927#50029518) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029530) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Stimulating boistinker Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029552) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: exciting plum puppy nowag Spain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029514) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: ruby station To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029515) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Cobalt personal credit line doctorate Vatican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029519) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Pungent underhanded sweet tailpipe french chef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030420) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM Author: wine deranged gaming laptop field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030483) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: crawly passionate legal warrant 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=5301927#50029520) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029535) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Stimulating boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029539) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Scarlet shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029542) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM Author: Narrow-minded library hunting ground 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=5301927#50030358) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: frozen erotic stage cuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030382) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM Author: Cobalt personal credit line doctorate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030394) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Stimulating boistinker 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=5301927#50029536) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: ruby station o7s in the chat for the Dutch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029541) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Scarlet shrine Someone said Netherlands above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029545) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Brindle Associate Casino 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=5301927#50029544) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029547) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: Apoplectic really tough guy center How is this an example of irony? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029558) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029586) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: copper den 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=5301927#50029557) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029563) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: copper den 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=5301927#50029566) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM Author: ruby station whom did they damage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029572) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: copper den the us (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029576) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM Author: wine deranged gaming laptop field 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=5301927#50030486) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: ruby station Oh no, not the brown clowns! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030493) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: Scarlet shrine 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=5301927#50029583) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: ruby station They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029588) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: frozen erotic stage cuck 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=5301927#50030496) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: bright domesticated nursing home pocket flask Greece (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029562) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029565) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: beady-eyed house In terms of XO content, probably Andorra (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029567) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM Author: honey-headed karate boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029568) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: Dead aromatic cruise ship double fault eastern point of view, hong kong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50029575) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50029592) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: idiotic garrison newt Venice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030351) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: ruby station Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030427) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM Author: 180 blood rage pit Denmark if it counts DUH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030361) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50030424) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM Author: 180 blood rage pit 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=5301927#50030843) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50030851) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: Narrow-minded library hunting ground 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=5301927#50030381) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50030432) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM Author: Awkward selfie 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=5301927#50030449) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: ruby station It's too yuge to qualify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030478) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: Awkward selfie And Sweden isn't? huh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030489) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: ruby station 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=5301927#50030494) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Pungent underhanded sweet tailpipe french chef Vatican City (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030419) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: ruby station Post 1500, though? Probably not... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030425) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM Author: slimy chapel Macedonia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030450) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM Author: Chrome Immigrant 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=5301927#50030491) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: ruby station Strongman competitions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030495) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM Author: boyish kitty cat Israel and it isn’t close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#50030857) |