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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
rose chapel national security agency
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Canary Massive Incel
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Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
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Canary Massive Incel
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pop music?
swashbuckling kitty cat
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
rose chapel national security agency
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Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
swashbuckling kitty cat
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Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
rose chapel national security agency
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Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
swashbuckling kitty cat
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
rose chapel national security agency
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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...
mentally impaired maize hospital
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Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
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learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder
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Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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stimulating zippy spot
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Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
swashbuckling kitty cat
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o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
rose chapel national security agency
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Someone said Netherlands above
learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder
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yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
razzle sapphire school cafeteria
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The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
rose chapel national security agency
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How is this an example of irony?
Copper Bateful Menage
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he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
rose chapel national security agency
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if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
contagious corn cake
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they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
rose chapel national security agency
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i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
contagious corn cake
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whom did they damage
rose chapel national security agency
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the us
contagious corn cake
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They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
excitant trust fund dysfunction
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Oh no, not the brown clowns!
rose chapel national security agency
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Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder
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They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
rose chapel national security agency
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If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
violent really tough guy therapy
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Greece
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yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
rose chapel national security agency
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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...
rose chapel national security agency
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Venice
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Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
rose chapel national security agency
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Denmark if it counts DUH
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Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
rose chapel national security agency
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Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
Ungodly Amber Box Office
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what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
rose chapel national security agency
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If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
180 maroon persian
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100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
rose chapel national security agency
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Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
nighttime bright lodge cuckold
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It's too yuge to qualify
rose chapel national security agency
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And Sweden isn't? huh?
nighttime bright lodge cuckold
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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: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Canary Massive Incel



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: Canary Massive Incel



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: swashbuckling kitty cat

pop music?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: swashbuckling kitty cat

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)#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: swashbuckling kitty cat

Wrong!

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Bistre brunch keepsake machete

Spain

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: stimulating zippy spot

Vatican

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Mischievous stead mad cow disease



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: excitant trust fund dysfunction



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: mentally impaired maize hospital

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: swashbuckling kitty cat



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: 180 maroon persian

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)#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: violent really tough guy therapy



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: stimulating zippy spot



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: swashbuckling kitty cat

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)#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder

Someone said Netherlands above

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: razzle sapphire school cafeteria

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)#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Copper Bateful Menage

How is this an example of irony?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: contagious corn cake

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: contagious corn cake

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)#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

whom did they damage

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: contagious corn cake

the us

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: excitant trust fund dysfunction

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)#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: learning disabled fortuitous meteor mental disorder

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)#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: violent really tough guy therapy

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)#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: flatulent turdskin coffee pot

Greece

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: cerebral rusted potus theatre

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Canary Massive Incel



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Federal area

eastern point of view, hong kong.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: underhanded electric furnace

Venice

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Ungodly Amber Box Office

Denmark if it counts DUH

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Ungodly Amber Box Office

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: 180 maroon persian

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)#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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)#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: nighttime bright lodge cuckold

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

It's too yuge to qualify

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: nighttime bright lodge cuckold

And Sweden isn't? huh?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Mischievous stead mad cow disease

Vatican City

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Slimy Vivacious Heaven

Macedonia

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: umber cruel-hearted jew university

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)#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: rose chapel national security agency

Strongman competitions

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: brindle motley toaster hall

Israel and it isn’t close

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