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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
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useless piazza
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
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useless piazza
  07/28/26
pop music?
big underhanded station
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
big underhanded station
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
big underhanded station
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Spain
Razzmatazz indian lodge roommate
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Vatican
Kink-friendly Up-to-no-good Wrinkle
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cerebral electric furnace
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Mint heady public bath hissy fit
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Racy clear theatre karate
  07/28/26
Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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big underhanded station
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sable really tough guy
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
charismatic poppy cuck
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Deranged stimulating lettuce
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Kink-friendly Up-to-no-good Wrinkle
  07/28/26
Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
big underhanded station
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
sable really tough guy
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
motley free-loading library
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
Ultramarine bateful orchestra pit
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
the us
Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Mint heady public bath hissy fit
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
sable really tough guy
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
Deranged stimulating lettuce
  07/28/26
Greece
aromatic navy legal warrant
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
nubile toaster
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useless piazza
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
comical purple fortuitous meteor menage
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Venice
cream institution
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Seedy turquoise blood rage
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Denmark if it counts DUH
federal hunting ground
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
federal hunting ground
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
charismatic poppy cuck
  07/28/26
100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
Talking swashbuckling abode
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It's too yuge to qualify
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
Talking swashbuckling abode
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Seedy turquoise blood rage
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Vatican City
cerebral electric furnace
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Seedy turquoise blood rage
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Macedonia
geriatric indirect expression address
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
irradiated tripping principal's office queen of the night
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
Seedy turquoise blood rage
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
Peach rebellious selfie associate
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: useless piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029497)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: useless piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029526)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: big underhanded station

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: big underhanded station

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\u0026show=month#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: big underhanded station

Wrong!

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Razzmatazz indian lodge roommate

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Kink-friendly Up-to-no-good Wrinkle

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: cerebral electric furnace



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030420)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Mint heady public bath hissy fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030483)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Racy clear theatre karate

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: big underhanded station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029539)



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029542)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: charismatic poppy cuck

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\u0026show=month#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Deranged stimulating lettuce



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Kink-friendly Up-to-no-good Wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: big underhanded station

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\u0026show=month#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029541)



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

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: motley free-loading library

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\u0026show=month#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Ultramarine bateful orchestra pit

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building

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\u0026show=month#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Coral Friendly Grandma Church Building

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Mint heady public bath hissy fit

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\u0026show=month#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: sable 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\u0026show=month#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Deranged stimulating lettuce

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\u0026show=month#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: aromatic navy legal warrant

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: nubile toaster

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: useless piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: comical purple fortuitous meteor menage

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: cream institution

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: federal hunting ground

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck is an æbleskive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: federal hunting ground

Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white civilization at critical times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: charismatic poppy cuck

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\u0026show=month#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

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\u0026show=month#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: Talking swashbuckling abode

Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Talking swashbuckling abode

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: cerebral electric furnace

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: geriatric indirect expression address

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: irradiated tripping principal's office queen of the night

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\u0026show=month#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Seedy turquoise blood rage

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Peach rebellious selfie associate

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#50030857)