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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
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contagious flesh lettuce
  07/28/26
Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
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contagious flesh lettuce
  07/28/26
pop music?
Beta garnet crotch indian lodge
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
Beta garnet crotch indian lodge
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
Beta garnet crotch indian lodge
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Spain
Wonderful Bisexual Senate
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Vatican
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Buff Excitant Tanning Salon Hominid
  07/28/26
netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
awkward resort
  07/28/26
Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
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Beta garnet crotch indian lodge
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Doobsian university
  07/28/26
Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
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  07/28/26
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gunneratttt
  07/28/26
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twinkling razzmatazz preventive strike
  07/28/26
Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
Beta garnet crotch indian lodge
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
Doobsian university
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
Yapping odious business firm pozpig
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
shimmering point roast beef
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
peach jewess
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
peach jewess
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
the us
peach jewess
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
Buff Excitant Tanning Salon Hominid
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
Doobsian university
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
gunneratttt
  07/28/26
Greece
tantric base
  07/28/26
yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
startling becky school
  07/28/26
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contagious flesh lettuce
  07/28/26
eastern point of view, hong kong.
cruel-hearted supple athletic conference
  07/28/26
can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Venice
umber histrionic mediation stage
  07/28/26
Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Denmark if it counts DUH
motley up-to-no-good cumskin
  07/28/26
Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
motley up-to-no-good cumskin
  07/28/26
what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
mildly autistic bbw sound barrier
  07/28/26
100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
sapphire milk
  07/28/26
It's too yuge to qualify
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
sapphire milk
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Vatican City
abnormal elite bawdyhouse
  07/28/26
Post 1500, though? Probably not...
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Macedonia
Wine indirect expression plaza
  07/28/26
culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
cerebral bipolar coffee pot spot
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
heady hell pisswyrm
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
insecure concupiscible community account principal's office
  07/28/26


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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: contagious flesh lettuce



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: contagious flesh lettuce



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: Beta garnet crotch indian lodge

pop music?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Beta garnet crotch indian lodge

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Beta garnet crotch indian lodge

Wrong!

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Wonderful Bisexual Senate

Spain

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: twinkling razzmatazz preventive strike

Vatican

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: abnormal elite bawdyhouse



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Buff Excitant Tanning Salon Hominid



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: awkward resort

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Beta garnet crotch indian lodge



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Doobsian university



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: mildly autistic bbw sound barrier

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: twinkling razzmatazz preventive strike



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Beta garnet crotch indian lodge

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Doobsian university

Someone said Netherlands above

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Yapping odious business firm pozpig

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: shimmering point roast beef

How is this an example of irony?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: peach jewess

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: peach jewess

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

whom did they damage

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: peach jewess

the us

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Buff Excitant Tanning Salon Hominid

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Doobsian university

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: tantric base

Greece

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: startling becky school

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: contagious flesh lettuce



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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: cruel-hearted supple athletic conference

eastern point of view, hong kong.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: umber histrionic mediation stage

Venice

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: motley up-to-no-good cumskin

Denmark if it counts DUH

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: motley up-to-no-good cumskin

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: mildly autistic bbw sound barrier

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: sapphire milk

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

It's too yuge to qualify

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: sapphire milk

And Sweden isn't? huh?

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: abnormal elite bawdyhouse

Vatican City

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: Wine indirect expression plaza

Macedonia

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: cerebral bipolar coffee pot spot

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

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: heady hell pisswyrm

Strongman competitions

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



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: insecure concupiscible community account principal's office

Israel and it isn’t close

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