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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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Light church building
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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Light church building
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pop music?
flirting reading party point
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Talented cream dopamine
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Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
flirting reading party point
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Talented cream dopamine
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Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
flirting reading party point
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yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Talented cream dopamine
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Spain
vigorous lemon pistol
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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...
Sexy self-absorbed chapel
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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tripping really tough guy
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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Buck-toothed tattoo
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
flirting reading party point
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Talented cream dopamine
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Someone said Netherlands above
tripping really tough guy
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
primrose dashing plaza dragon
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Talented cream dopamine
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How is this an example of irony?
Crimson Curious Parlour
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Talented cream dopamine
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
impertinent exciting becky laser beams
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Talented cream dopamine
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
impertinent exciting becky laser beams
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
Talented cream dopamine
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the us
impertinent exciting becky laser beams
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Vibrant peach theatre
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Talented cream dopamine
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
tripping really tough guy
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Talented cream dopamine
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
haunting trailer park
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Greece
Boyish dog poop fortuitous meteor
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Talented cream dopamine
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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Light church building
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
Soggy Hateful Den
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Talented cream dopamine
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Venice
Sickened galvanic theater digit ratio
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Talented cream dopamine
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Talented cream dopamine
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
aqua nighttime stead bbw
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Talented cream dopamine
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
irradiated stag film
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Talented cream dopamine
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
bipolar grizzly half-breed brethren
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It's too yuge to qualify
Talented cream dopamine
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
bipolar grizzly half-breed brethren
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Talented cream dopamine
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Vatican City
kink-friendly stirring parlor marketing idea
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Talented cream dopamine
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Macedonia
Swashbuckling police squad
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
big flesh tank
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Strongman competitions
Talented cream dopamine
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Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Light church building



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: Light church building



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: flirting reading party point

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: flirting reading party point

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=5310752#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: flirting reading party point

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: vigorous lemon pistol

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Buck-toothed tattoo

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: kink-friendly stirring parlor marketing idea



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Vibrant peach theatre



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Sexy self-absorbed chapel

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=5310752#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: flirting reading party point



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: tripping really tough guy



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: irradiated stag film

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=5310752#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: haunting trailer park



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Buck-toothed tattoo



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: flirting reading party point

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=5310752#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: tripping really tough guy

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: primrose dashing plaza dragon

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=5310752#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Crimson Curious Parlour

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: impertinent exciting becky laser beams

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=5310752#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: impertinent exciting becky laser beams

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=5310752#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: impertinent exciting becky laser beams

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Vibrant peach theatre

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=5310752#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: tripping really tough guy

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=5310752#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: haunting trailer park

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=5310752#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Boyish dog poop fortuitous meteor

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: appetizing gaping state

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Light church building



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Soggy Hateful Den

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Sickened galvanic theater digit ratio

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: aqua nighttime stead bbw

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: aqua nighttime stead bbw

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=5310752#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: irradiated stag film

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=5310752#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: bipolar grizzly half-breed brethren

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=5310752#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: bipolar grizzly half-breed brethren

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

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=5310752#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: kink-friendly stirring parlor marketing idea

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Swashbuckling police squad

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: big flesh tank

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=5310752#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Talented cream dopamine

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Opaque floppy community account newt

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#50030857)