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Most impactful small country in world history?
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029495) |
Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: Galvanic Turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029497) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029500) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM Author: Galvanic Turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029526) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM Author: Slate Tripping Twinkling Uncleanness Fanboi pop music? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029504) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029513) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Slate Tripping Twinkling Uncleanness Fanboi 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=5310751#50029518) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029530) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Slate Tripping Twinkling Uncleanness Fanboi Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029552) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: Rose hairy legs Spain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029514) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029515) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Mind-boggling lay Vatican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029519) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Blathering resort milk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030420) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM Author: floppy bat-shit-crazy station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030483) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Garnet trailer park useless brakes 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=5310751#50029520) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029535) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Slate Tripping Twinkling Uncleanness Fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029539) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Walnut Trust Fund Main People (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029542) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM Author: hot filthpig university 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=5310751#50030358) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: Fragrant Range Gunner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030382) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM Author: Mind-boggling lay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030394) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Slate Tripping Twinkling Uncleanness Fanboi 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=5310751#50029536) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house o7s in the chat for the Dutch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029541) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Walnut Trust Fund Main People Someone said Netherlands above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029545) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Heady Sickened Orchestra Pit 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=5310751#50029544) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029547) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: cerebral pozpig How is this an example of irony? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029558) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029586) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: razzmatazz house-broken business firm haunted graveyard 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=5310751#50029557) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029563) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: razzmatazz house-broken business firm haunted graveyard 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=5310751#50029566) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house whom did they damage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029572) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: razzmatazz house-broken business firm haunted graveyard the us (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029576) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM Author: floppy bat-shit-crazy station 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=5310751#50030486) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house Oh no, not the brown clowns! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030493) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: Walnut Trust Fund Main People 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=5310751#50029583) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029588) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Fragrant Range Gunner 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=5310751#50030496) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: Idiotic startling garrison antidepressant drug Greece (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029562) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029565) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: vivacious milky boiling water In terms of XO content, probably Andorra (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029567) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM Author: Galvanic Turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029568) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: Big hunting ground eastern point of view, hong kong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50029575) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50029592) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: Motley Goyim Venice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030351) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030427) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM Author: marvelous shaky casino kitty Denmark if it counts DUH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030361) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50030424) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM Author: marvelous shaky casino kitty 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=5310751#50030843) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50030851) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: hot filthpig university 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=5310751#50030381) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50030432) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM Author: Jet-lagged pale set private investor 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=5310751#50030449) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house It's too yuge to qualify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030478) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: Jet-lagged pale set private investor And Sweden isn't? huh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030489) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house 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=5310751#50030494) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Blathering resort milk Vatican City (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030419) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house Post 1500, though? Probably not... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030425) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM Author: spectacular sepia forum Macedonia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030450) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM Author: Pearl Offensive Keepsake Machete Cruise Ship 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=5310751#50030491) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Obsidian step-uncle's house Strongman competitions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030495) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM Author: yellow parlor nibblets Israel and it isn’t close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#50030857) |