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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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pop music?
Maniacal turquoise locale
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
Maniacal turquoise locale
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
Maniacal turquoise locale
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Spain
twinkling soul-stirring pistol
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To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Vatican
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Glassy school boistinker
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Useless frozen pocket flask
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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filthy azn scourge upon the earth
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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crawly poppy international law enforcement agency
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
Maniacal turquoise locale
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
filthy azn scourge upon the earth
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
honey-headed cumskin
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
swashbuckling rusted roommate liquid oxygen
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor
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whom did they damage
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
the us
Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Glassy school boistinker
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
filthy azn scourge upon the earth
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
Bossy exhilarant filthpig theatre
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Greece
Silver incel
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
Snowy Base Foreskin
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Venice
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Denmark if it counts DUH
Disturbing blood rage
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
Disturbing blood rage
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
talented hospital
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
Razzle-dazzle rough-skinned personal credit line
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It's too yuge to qualify
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
Razzle-dazzle rough-skinned personal credit line
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Vatican City
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
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Macedonia
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
Concupiscible Duck-like Market
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Strongman competitions
Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: bisexual university



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: bisexual university



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: Maniacal turquoise locale

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Maniacal turquoise locale

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=5310477#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Maniacal turquoise locale

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: twinkling soul-stirring pistol

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: crawly poppy international law enforcement agency

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Submissive bull headed mother regret



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Glassy school boistinker



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Useless frozen pocket flask

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=5310477#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Maniacal turquoise locale



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: filthy azn scourge upon the earth



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: talented hospital

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=5310477#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Bossy exhilarant filthpig theatre



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: crawly poppy international law enforcement agency



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Maniacal turquoise locale

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=5310477#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: filthy azn scourge upon the earth

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: honey-headed cumskin

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=5310477#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: swashbuckling rusted roommate liquid oxygen

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor

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=5310477#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor

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=5310477#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Titillating Ticket Booth Rigor

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Glassy school boistinker

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=5310477#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: filthy azn scourge upon the earth

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=5310477#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Bossy exhilarant filthpig theatre

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=5310477#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Silver incel

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Trip Olive Address

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: bisexual university



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Snowy Base Foreskin

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Translucent Disgusting Church Queen Of The Night

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Disturbing blood rage

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Disturbing blood rage

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=5310477#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: talented hospital

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=5310477#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle rough-skinned personal credit line

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=5310477#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle rough-skinned personal credit line

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

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=5310477#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Submissive bull headed mother regret

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Jet-lagged French Toilet Seat Trump Supporter

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: Concupiscible Duck-like Market

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=5310477#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Narrow-minded painfully honest boltzmann

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Stimulating affirmative action

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310477#50030857)