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Who will be the superpowers by 2050

USA
448
24%
China
481
26%
India
194
10%
Indonesia
21
1%
Brazil
147
8%
Russia
161
9%
South africa
22
1%
Germany
158
8%
Japan
81
4%
Other
155
8%
 
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Postby Britanno » Fri May 17, 2013 10:11 am

Europe will not be home to any superpowers (Apart from Western Russia) because of the EU. The EU will cause disputes and I reckon that there will be a European war. Britain and Germany will go to war again, simply because of the EU. Germany will gain more power and other nations will lose their power. Germany and Britain will get into conflict to do with this, but the other big nations like France and Italy? Only time will tell.
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Postby Verbluffen III » Fri May 17, 2013 10:12 am

Britanno wrote:Europe will not be home to any superpowers (Apart from Western Russia) because of the EU. The EU will cause disputes and I reckon that there will be a European war. Britain and Germany will go to war again, simply because of the EU. Germany will gain more power and other nations will lose their power. Germany and Britain will get into conflict to do with this, but the other big nations like France and Italy? Only time will tell.


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Postby Arcade » Fri May 17, 2013 10:18 am

Britanno wrote:Europe will not be home to any superpowers (Apart from Western Russia) because of the EU. The EU will cause disputes and I reckon that there will be a European war. Britain and Germany will go to war again, simply because of the EU. Germany will gain more power and other nations will lose their power. Germany and Britain will get into conflict to do with this, but the other big nations like France and Italy? Only time will tell.

That people actually still imagine such scenarios makes me sad. 'Simply because of the EU'? The EU won't be a reason for Germany to start war with a nuclear power with a much stronger army. Or for the UK to start war with a country that's too economically important for quite everyone that the UK interacts with.

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Postby Renovatio » Fri May 17, 2013 1:42 pm

The North Polish Union wrote:Why is Poland not in the poll?

I am insulted.


Whats a poland?

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Postby Vazeckta » Fri May 17, 2013 2:16 pm

I'm not completely sure that all of those countries will exist as they do now by 2050. If they do, China's gonna be big, America won't be forgotten and Russia will still be around. I'd imagine that a closer Europe would be somewhere in that mix, with or without Britain. Brazil and India have a chance depending on how they grow.
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Postby Britanno » Fri May 17, 2013 3:05 pm

Arcade wrote:
Britanno wrote:Europe will not be home to any superpowers (Apart from Western Russia) because of the EU. The EU will cause disputes and I reckon that there will be a European war. Britain and Germany will go to war again, simply because of the EU. Germany will gain more power and other nations will lose their power. Germany and Britain will get into conflict to do with this, but the other big nations like France and Italy? Only time will tell.

That people actually still imagine such scenarios makes me sad. 'Simply because of the EU'? The EU won't be a reason for Germany to start war with a nuclear power with a much stronger army. Or for the UK to start war with a country that's too economically important for quite everyone that the UK interacts with.


I'm not saying war will occur simply over the EU. I'm saying I think that the EU will be connected somehow, but I don't know why. I'm not one of those Brits who hold a grudge against Germany if that is what you are suggesting.
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Postby Altito Asmoro » Fri May 17, 2013 7:22 pm

Southeastern Xiatao wrote:I would say South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Indonesia, US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Japan, and Argentina and Norway would be the superpowers in the world in the year 2050 in my opinion. :ugeek:


US still superpower.

Other than Russia and China, the other nations will only reach the level of Great Power.

Mexico, Norway, and Argentina, probably regional powers.
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Postby Anachronous Rex » Fri May 17, 2013 9:06 pm

Renovatio wrote:
The North Polish Union wrote:Why is Poland not in the poll?

I am insulted.


Whats a poland?

A Lithuania tribute band ;)
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Postby Grand Britannia » Fri May 17, 2013 9:09 pm

Anachronous Rex wrote:
Renovatio wrote:
Whats a poland?

A Lithuania tribute band ;)


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Postby Jerusalemian » Fri May 17, 2013 9:11 pm

Grand Britannia wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:A Lithuania tribute band ;)


It is a nation that cannot into space.

Poland a nation!?!??!!??
WHAT YEAR AM I IN!?!??!
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Postby Altito Asmoro » Fri May 17, 2013 9:12 pm

Jerusalemian wrote:
Grand Britannia wrote:
It is a nation that cannot into space.

Poland a nation!?!??!!??
WHAT YEAR AM I IN!?!??!



Considering Poland's flag is almost the same as Indonesia...
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Postby Karelo-Finnish SSR » Fri May 17, 2013 10:12 pm

Certainly not China.
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Postby Altito Asmoro » Fri May 17, 2013 10:14 pm

Karelo-Finnish SSR wrote:Certainly not China.


Demographics and Pollutions are the main issues for China.
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Postby Grand Britannia » Fri May 17, 2013 10:19 pm

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Jerusalemian wrote:Poland a nation!?!??!!??
WHAT YEAR AM I IN!?!??!



Considering Poland's flag is almost the same as Indonesia...

Indonesia is of Polish copycat.

Poland stronk after all.
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Postby Altito Asmoro » Fri May 17, 2013 10:20 pm

Grand Britannia wrote:
Altito Asmoro wrote:

Considering Poland's flag is almost the same as Indonesia...

Indonesia is of Polish copycat.

Poland stronk after all.


Polish is Indonesia's copycat.
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Postby Jerusalemian » Fri May 17, 2013 10:32 pm

Altito Asmoro wrote:
Grand Britannia wrote:Indonesia is of Polish copycat.

Poland stronk after all.


Polish is Indonesia's copycat.

Asia is China's copycat.
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Postby Altito Asmoro » Fri May 17, 2013 10:36 pm

Jerusalemian wrote:
Altito Asmoro wrote:
Polish is Indonesia's copycat.

Asia is China's copycat.


Because we have no other strong Asian other than China. India is way too corrupt.
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Postby Marcurix » Fri May 17, 2013 11:10 pm

China, Brazil, India, the EU,Russia and Indonesia all have the potential to become superpowers. Wether they will become one and in that time scale is another matter, for the foreseeable future we shall remain in a unipolar system.
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Postby Cameroi » Sat May 18, 2013 1:56 am

india and china will have joined the club, with today's gang of idiots still around. i just rather suspect none of them are going to be all that super by then. the may still imagine they are. it would be guessword at this point as to how much any of them will actually be though. famine and disease may bring all of them down by then, and if the u.s. thinks it can continously make war on the entire rest of the planet that long, it won't have left much of itself standing by doing so either.
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Postby Technopolis » Sat May 18, 2013 3:07 am

Altito Asmoro wrote:
Jerusalemian wrote:Asia is China's copycat.


Because we have no other strong Asian other than China. India is way too corrupt.

Eh, Japan's got robots and anime. That's enough to be a superpower for me.
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