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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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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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pop music?
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ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
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Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
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Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
bull headed big legend school
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yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
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Spain
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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...
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
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Someone said Netherlands above
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
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How is this an example of irony?
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
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whom did they damage
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the us
light bawdyhouse mood
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
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Greece
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
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In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
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eastern point of view, hong kong.
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can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
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Venice
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
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It's too yuge to qualify
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
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UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
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Vatican City
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Post 1500, though? Probably not...
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Macedonia
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culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
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Strongman competitions
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Israel and it isn’t close
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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Spectacular painfully honest abode



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: Spectacular painfully honest abode



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: bull headed big legend school

pop music?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: bull headed big legend school

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=posted#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: bull headed big legend school

Wrong!

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Citrine generalized bond toilet seat

Spain

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Very tactful sinister school cafeteria

Vatican

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crackhouse mexican



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: soul-stirring azn circlehead



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Know-it-all immigrant

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: bull headed big legend school



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: saffron house



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: cream hideous main people

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=posted#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: trip disgusting stain whorehouse



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Very tactful sinister school cafeteria



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: bull headed big legend school

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=posted#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: saffron house

Someone said Netherlands above

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Brindle Pisswyrm Rigor

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=posted#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Maize racy factory reset button

How is this an example of irony?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: light bawdyhouse mood

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: light bawdyhouse mood

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=posted#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

whom did they damage

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: light bawdyhouse mood

the us

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: soul-stirring azn circlehead

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=posted#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: saffron house

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=posted#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: trip disgusting stain whorehouse

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=posted#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: adventurous piazza

Greece

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Contagious forum pervert

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Spectacular painfully honest abode



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: smoky stock car tanning salon

eastern point of view, hong kong.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: arousing aggressive heaven

Venice

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: poppy vibrant station

Denmark if it counts DUH

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: poppy vibrant station

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=posted#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: cream hideous main people

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=posted#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: Slimy Wrinkle

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

It's too yuge to qualify

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Slimy Wrinkle

And Sweden isn't? huh?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

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=posted#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: aphrodisiac crackhouse mexican

Vatican City

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Khaki Ungodly Resort Jap

Macedonia

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: fragrant federal keepsake machete double fault

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=posted#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sable Address

Strongman competitions

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Glittery National

Israel and it isn’t close

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