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Most impactful small country in world history?
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029495) |
Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: Bespoke impertinent knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029497) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029500) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM Author: Bespoke impertinent knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029526) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM Author: glittery buck-toothed mother national pop music? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029504) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029513) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: glittery buck-toothed mother national 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=5310909#50029518) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029530) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: glittery buck-toothed mother national Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029552) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM Author: Violent underhanded toaster library Spain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029514) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029515) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Salmon dilemma Vatican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029519) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Concupiscible chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030420) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM Author: dark property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030483) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: Bat-shit-crazy Slippery Doctorate 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=5310909#50029520) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029535) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: glittery buck-toothed mother national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029539) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Contagious chartreuse twinkling uncleanness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029542) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM Author: Thriller Clear Theater Coldplay Fan 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=5310909#50030358) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: out-of-control orange church death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030382) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM Author: Salmon dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030394) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: glittery buck-toothed mother national 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=5310909#50029536) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop o7s in the chat for the Dutch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029541) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Contagious chartreuse twinkling uncleanness Someone said Netherlands above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029545) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: cracking point dysfunction 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=5310909#50029544) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029547) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: appetizing twisted fat ankles halford How is this an example of irony? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029558) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029586) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: Excitant sex offender ticket booth 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=5310909#50029557) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029563) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: Excitant sex offender ticket booth 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=5310909#50029566) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop whom did they damage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029572) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: Excitant sex offender ticket booth the us (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029576) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM Author: dark property 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=5310909#50030486) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop Oh no, not the brown clowns! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030493) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: Contagious chartreuse twinkling uncleanness 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=5310909#50029583) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029588) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: out-of-control orange church death wish 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=5310909#50030496) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: Infuriating lodge Greece (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029562) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029565) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: plum lascivious locale regret In terms of XO content, probably Andorra (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029567) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM Author: Bespoke impertinent knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029568) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM Author: Silver Adventurous Wagecucks eastern point of view, hong kong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029575) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50029592) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: Outnumbered fragrant hell shitlib Venice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030351) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030427) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM Author: Marvelous High-end Stain Denmark if it counts DUH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030361) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50030424) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM Author: Marvelous High-end Stain 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=5310909#50030843) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50030851) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM Author: Thriller Clear Theater Coldplay Fan 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=5310909#50030381) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50030432) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM Author: Sienna curious ceo 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=5310909#50030449) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop It's too yuge to qualify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030478) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: Sienna curious ceo And Sweden isn't? huh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030489) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop 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=5310909#50030494) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Concupiscible chapel Vatican City (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030419) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop Post 1500, though? Probably not... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030425) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM Author: Charismatic codepig Macedonia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030450) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM Author: rusted flickering athletic conference school cafeteria 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=5310909#50030491) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Apoplectic slate dog poop Strongman competitions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030495) |
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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM Author: Henna drunken whorehouse circlehead Israel and it isn’t close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030857) |