Warscape
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France vs LuxembourgMilitary comparison, and what happens if they fight

If France attacked Luxembourg today, with no allies joining on either side, this is what the WARSCAPE engine produced: Side A achieves its objectives after 5 days.

How the two sides compare

France keeps 185 times as many soldiers under arms. France has tanks and Luxembourg has none. France has combat aircraft and Luxembourg has none. France spends 35 times as much on defence. Public, country-level figures from the data snapshot the run was pinned to (2026.09). See data sources for where each number comes from.

FranceLuxembourg
203,900Active soldiers1,100
38,100Reservists0
222Tanks0
110Artillery5
282Combat aircraft0
400Helicopters3
$70.7bnDefence budget$2.0bn
68.7mPopulation0.7m

What the war cost

France
attacked
95
soldiers killed or wounded
0
tanks destroyed
1
aircraft lost
+1
areas of land gained
69%
support at home, at the end
Luxembourg
defended
2
soldiers killed or wounded
0
tanks destroyed
0
aircraft lost
−1
areas of land lost
59%
support at home, at the end

What decided it

01
Mobilisation helped France
Reservists mobilised: 7,236 vs 0.
02
Deployed combat power helped France
Average deployed combat power: 50 vs 1 model units.
03
Air situation helped France
Average share of air control for France: 90%.
04
Logistics helped France
Average front-line supply efficiency: 95% vs 82%.
05
Political cohesion helped Luxembourg
Average cohesion: 69% vs 70%.
Think it would go differently?

This run assumed no allies, winter, full mobilization for the attacker and partial for the defender, and no nuclear weapons. Change any of that and watch it play out day by day on the map.

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After 5 simulated days the conflict between France and Luxembourg ended with: Side A achieves its objectives (capital captured). Aggregate personnel losses within the model: 95 (France) and 2 (Luxembourg). This page reports one seeded run of a model on public, aggregate data. It is not a prediction, and no operational information is used.

Model-generated simulation on public, country-level data. Not a prediction. No operational, classified or real-time information is used.