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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend
  07/28/26
Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend
  07/28/26
pop music?
dun doctorate half-breed
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
dun doctorate half-breed
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
dun doctorate half-breed
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Spain
Black hall idiot
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Vatican
drab business firm
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exhilarant theater stage messiness
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Cerise apoplectic locus
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Salmon circlehead dilemma
  07/28/26
Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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dun doctorate half-breed
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smoky flatulent station sandwich
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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Curious volcanic crater blood rage
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drab business firm
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
dun doctorate half-breed
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
smoky flatulent station sandwich
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
Gay hospital
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
orange ticket booth
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Crimson location multi-billionaire
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Crimson location multi-billionaire
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
the us
Crimson location multi-billionaire
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Cerise apoplectic locus
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
smoky flatulent station sandwich
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
Curious volcanic crater blood rage
  07/28/26
Greece
Hairraiser Ultramarine Menage
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
autistic cruise ship becky
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Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend
  07/28/26
eastern point of view, hong kong.
honey-headed spot liquid oxygen
  07/28/26
can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Venice
bateful turdskin
  07/28/26
Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Denmark if it counts DUH
thriller dog poop associate
  07/28/26
Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
thriller dog poop associate
  07/28/26
what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
wonderful lake brunch boistinker
  07/28/26
100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
Silver heaven trust fund
  07/28/26
It's too yuge to qualify
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
Silver heaven trust fund
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Vatican City
exhilarant theater stage messiness
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
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Macedonia
Useless school
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
sinister center
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
Passionate corn cake
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend



(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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend



(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: dun doctorate half-breed

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: dun doctorate half-breed

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: dun doctorate half-breed

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Black hall idiot

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: drab business firm

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: exhilarant theater stage messiness



(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: Cerise apoplectic locus



(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: Salmon circlehead dilemma

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: dun doctorate half-breed



(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: smoky flatulent station sandwich



(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: wonderful lake brunch boistinker

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: Curious volcanic crater blood rage



(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: drab business firm



(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: dun doctorate half-breed

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: smoky flatulent station sandwich

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: Gay hospital

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: orange ticket booth

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Crimson location multi-billionaire

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Crimson location multi-billionaire

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Crimson location multi-billionaire

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: Cerise apoplectic locus

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: smoky flatulent station sandwich

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Curious volcanic crater blood rage

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: Hairraiser Ultramarine Menage

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: autistic cruise ship becky

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: Bat-shit-crazy mentally impaired legend



(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: honey-headed spot liquid oxygen

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: bateful turdskin

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: thriller dog poop associate

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: thriller dog poop associate

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: wonderful lake brunch boistinker

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Silver heaven trust fund

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Silver heaven trust fund

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: exhilarant theater stage messiness

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Useless school

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: sinister center

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: Ruddy Stimulating Stage Double Fault

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: Passionate corn cake

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#50030857)