The Islands of Andaman wrote:Albrante wrote:
I'm with him on that.
I would say:
1,Great Britian, no question there
2,Portuguese Empire, They kicked a lot of arse, made a lot of money and had a tiny home population to boot.
3,America of the Cold War
4,Russia of the Cold War
5,Russia of the Tsarist era
The only reason Imperial Russia lasted so long was because of their many troops and their cold winters.
Imperial Russia's empire wasn't great because of its longevity. It was great because it was bloody huge. The went east and kept going until they hit the pacific.