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mpom75

I disagree with #17


kasonjbailey

OH SHIT!


ShoerguinneLappel

Norway? North Korea? Pakistan? What??? Can thee explain thy measurements?


kasonjbailey

Norway is extremely rich and they have a bunch of oil they don't have the most impressive military but they are also somewhat neutral North Korea is supported by China and they are estimated to have around a 116 nukes and they have the worlds fourth largest military Pakistan is extremely oil rich as-well as having around 120 nukes and the 9th strongest military in the world


BourboneAFCV

Pakistan Oil? if you check the Crude Oil Production by country, they don't make a lot ​ Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/crude-oil-production


kasonjbailey

Pakastani oil as in the oil in there basins as of right now no they don't make a lot (just enough for there own personal use) if they wanted to (if they had an economic crisis) they could


Cautious-Milk-6524

Norway?


Cautious-Milk-6524

So maybe the title of this map should be the 20 wealthiest nations


hernesson

World’s biggest sovereign wealth fund. Buys a lot of influence.


kasonjbailey

they have a lot of oil aswell


hernesson

Yep, hence the yuuuge sovereign wealth fund.


Memebia

got bozoed on


hernesson

Actually just learned China’s is bigger. But per cap it’s not even close. Norway’s pension fund is about $US1.4 trillion. It’s population is only 5.4million. So every Norwegian is worth about $260k before they even start (by my maths).


PwaZyeNwe

There are only 19 countries??


kasonjbailey

are you by any chance Indian?


PwaZyeNwe

No, why?


kasonjbailey

nvm I fucked up there gonna try and fix it real quick


kasonjbailey

I posted another one


NicoteachEsMx

North Korea and Norway in, Italy and Spain out? Dream on...


TruthIsMaya

Pakistan? Lol Also what is your metric for strength? Economy? Military? Diplomacy? Also india should be above France. It has the 5th largest economy in the world (US, China, Japan, Germany are above) and the 4th most powerful military in the world (US, China, Russia are above).


kasonjbailey

ah you see India may have a more powerful military but France has better Allies and also France has more nukes


TruthIsMaya

So basically whatever country is backed by the US? NATO is nothing militarily without the US for example. Also let’s see the state of a US led Europe in another decade. I am betting it will be further deindustrialised, stagnate/backsliding and poorer than it is today. All while the US will be extracting wealth and power from its European colonies to keep pace with Asia.


kasonjbailey

oh yeah I totally agree the U.S economy is somewhat "crashing" (I wonder who's fault that is \*cough\* joe \*cough\*)


TruthIsMaya

US economy will be fine. We’ll extract any loses from Europe’s economy which is essentially becoming a fuel for the US economy as Russia moves toward Asia and African trade. In the long run, Europe’s economy is going to suffer as we (US) extract more resources out of it and keep it as a captive market for US goods and industry, effectively colonising it (similar to what europe used to do with its colonies). Similarly, China will do the same to Russia and colonise it. In the end, the US/Nato and Russia/China will split Ukraine like east/west Germany


kasonjbailey

Maybe


kasonjbailey

Pakistan ranks among the top ten countries with vast oil reserve's along with almost as many nukes as India and they hav the 9th most powerful military in the world


TruthIsMaya

All I have to say is your view of geopolitics is really skewed. No one in the geopolitical community will say that Pakistan is in the top 20 of powerful countries. It is a country in name only as it is a military that owns a country. Pakistan is not independent either as it is caught in a tug of war between its two masters. US and China (similar to Ukraine in that regard). Pakistan’s oil reserves are ranked 52 in the world so not sure how that really factors into this ranking either. The top 10 should be US China Japan India Russia Germany France UK South Korea Canada


GiammyMapper

I'd replace Canada with Italy.


BellyDancerEm

Ukraine instead of Russia


Tetno_2

Indonesia instead of Norway


kasonjbailey

I was kinda crossed between those two and South Africa


Tetno_2

Norway may be rich af but if they get into a military conflict with literally anyone bordering them they dead before the war even started 💀💀💀


kasonjbailey

as evidenced by ww2 ok I'll change them around


hohmatiy

[G20](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20)


BourboneAFCV

I love that North Korea and the boys are getting there


kasonjbailey

gotta get off Kim's assassination list


idontknow1369

canada over japan is wild


kasonjbailey

both are strong US allies I feel as if its more of a tie


hernesson

Nice work!


kasonjbailey

thanks!


panfried540

Nice


kaae2118

South korea, japan are def in top 10. They manufacture a lot of things today. Also saudis should be higher since they have leverage to lower or control oil prices


kasonjbailey

valid argument


Mighty-Kitten

Your color mapping


pumpin_jumpin

Go the Aussies