Would you agree that numbers are synthetic truths rather than analytic truths?

Would you agree that numbers are synthetic truths rather than analytic truths?

Would you agree that numbers are synthetic truths rather than analytic truths? This is because I can imagine a universe, whenever I walk 2 meters foward, space itself 'bends' so I end up 3 meters ahead of where I started. In this universe, when 2 is added you end up with 3. 2+2=5 (or maybe 6).

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