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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
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exhilarant property hissy fit
  07/28/26
Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
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exhilarant property hissy fit
  07/28/26
pop music?
ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Spain
Diverse apoplectic corner selfie
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Vatican
Lake irradiated pit philosopher-king
  07/28/26
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olive bawdyhouse weed whacker
  07/28/26
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multi-colored ape community account
  07/28/26
netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
electric crimson voyeur range
  07/28/26
Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
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ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt
  07/28/26
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Hairless canary filthpig foreskin
  07/28/26
Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
lilac temple therapy
  07/28/26
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gunneratttt
  07/28/26
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Lake irradiated pit philosopher-king
  07/28/26
Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
Hairless canary filthpig foreskin
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
deranged travel guidebook spot
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
cobalt wonderful piazza
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Bright volcanic crater plaza
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Bright volcanic crater plaza
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
the us
Bright volcanic crater plaza
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
multi-colored ape community account
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
Hairless canary filthpig foreskin
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
gunneratttt
  07/28/26
Greece
contagious school cafeteria
  07/28/26
yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
Fragrant demanding resort international law enforcement agency
  07/28/26
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exhilarant property hissy fit
  07/28/26
eastern point of view, hong kong.
Cracking church building boistinker
  07/28/26
can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Venice
Flirting vivacious sweet tailpipe tank
  07/28/26
Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Denmark if it counts DUH
Rusted theatre chad
  07/28/26
Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
Rusted theatre chad
  07/28/26
what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
lilac temple therapy
  07/28/26
100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
Bateful garrison
  07/28/26
It's too yuge to qualify
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
Bateful garrison
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Vatican City
olive bawdyhouse weed whacker
  07/28/26
Post 1500, though? Probably not...
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Macedonia
Mind-boggling jet-lagged institution
  07/28/26
culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
racy whorehouse ceo
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
Red floppy hospital kitty
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
Chest-beating idiot organic girlfriend
  07/28/26


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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: exhilarant property hissy fit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029497)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TECHNICALLY a French invention.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: exhilarant property hissy fit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029526)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt

pop music?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt

Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essentially a pop band

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt

Wrong!

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Diverse apoplectic corner selfie

Spain

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Lake irradiated pit philosopher-king

Vatican

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: olive bawdyhouse weed whacker



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030420)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: multi-colored ape community account



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030483)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: electric crimson voyeur range

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029539)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Hairless canary filthpig foreskin



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029542)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: lilac temple therapy

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Lake irradiated pit philosopher-king



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: ivory hilarious haunted graveyard people who are hurt

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Hairless canary filthpig foreskin

Someone said Netherlands above

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: deranged travel guidebook spot

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Switzerland for tax purposes LOL

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: cobalt wonderful piazza

How is this an example of irony?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Bright volcanic crater plaza

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Bright volcanic crater plaza

i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they have done massive damage.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

whom did they damage

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Bright volcanic crater plaza

the us

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: multi-colored ape community account

They’re literally actively engaged in what has been judicially determined to be a genocide as we speak.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Hairless canary filthpig foreskin

Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a negative track record on the world.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)

If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny period.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: contagious school cafeteria

Greece

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Fragrant demanding resort international law enforcement agency

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: exhilarant property hissy fit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Cracking church building boistinker

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian history. What all did HK do?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Flirting vivacious sweet tailpipe tank

Venice

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Rusted theatre chad

Denmark if it counts DUH

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Rusted theatre chad

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: lilac temple therapy

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.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland is the maximum size. But no disagreement in general.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: Bateful garrison

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

It's too yuge to qualify

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Bateful garrison

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

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

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: olive bawdyhouse weed whacker

Vatican City

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Mind-boggling jet-lagged institution

Macedonia

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: racy whorehouse ceo

culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music. all from a tiny population on a frigid island.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Red floppy hospital kitty

Strongman competitions

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Chest-beating idiot organic girlfriend

Israel and it isn’t close

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2#50030857)