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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Big Giraffe
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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pop music?
Provocative deranged hunting ground
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Big Giraffe
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
Provocative deranged hunting ground
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Big Giraffe
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
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yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Big Giraffe
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Spain
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To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
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Vatican
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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Supple house-broken plaza
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
Provocative deranged hunting ground
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Big Giraffe
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Someone said Netherlands above
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Big Giraffe
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How is this an example of irony?
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Big Giraffe
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Big Giraffe
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
laughsome clown
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whom did they damage
Big Giraffe
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the us
laughsome clown
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Thirsty aromatic stage
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Big Giraffe
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Big Giraffe
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
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Greece
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Big Giraffe
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Venice
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Big Giraffe
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Big Giraffe
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
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It's too yuge to qualify
Big Giraffe
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
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Vatican City
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
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Macedonia
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
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Strongman competitions
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Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Bull headed silver dog poop international law enforcement agency



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: Bull headed silver dog poop international law enforcement agency



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: Provocative deranged hunting ground

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Provocative deranged hunting ground

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=5310684#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Provocative deranged hunting ground

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: autistic heaven potus

Spain

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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Supple house-broken plaza

Vatican

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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Cracking location juggernaut



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Thirsty aromatic stage



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: hyperactive crystalline stead son of senegal

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=5310684#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Provocative deranged hunting ground



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Khaki bbw gunner



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: Seedy henna background story

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=5310684#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Cream Diverse Corner Gay Wizard



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Supple house-broken plaza



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Provocative deranged hunting ground

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=5310684#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Khaki bbw gunner

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Emerald Address National Security Agency

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=5310684#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Haunting institution

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: laughsome clown

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=5310684#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: laughsome clown

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=5310684#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: laughsome clown

the us

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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Thirsty aromatic stage

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=5310684#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Khaki bbw gunner

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=5310684#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Cream Diverse Corner Gay Wizard

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=5310684#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Dashing lavender nowag genital piercing

Greece

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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: spectacular public bath cuck

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Bull headed silver dog poop international law enforcement agency



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Orange reading party

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Multi-colored tanning salon

Venice

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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Glassy feces point

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Glassy feces point

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=5310684#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Seedy henna background story

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=5310684#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: mahogany space rigpig

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=5310684#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: mahogany space rigpig

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

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=5310684#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Cracking location juggernaut

Vatican City

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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Slimy Sinister Sweet Tailpipe Turdskin

Macedonia

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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: shaky hospital party of the first part

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=5310684#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Big Giraffe

Strongman competitions

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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Stirring Pocket Flask Famous Landscape Painting

Israel and it isn’t close

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