NationStates

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:56 pm**

The USA and China are the only countries that have worldwide influence and thus the only real superpowers. And the USA is still far ahead than everyone else.

All other "superpowers" are actually regional powers and should be their own category, such as: Germany, Russia, France, India, Saudi Arabia.

US-SSR wrote:1. USA for the moment. We're slipping fast and unless something is done soon we will not be #1 by, say, 2025.
2. with a bullet, China
3. Russia
4. the EU + the UK if it leaves.
also-rans, regional powers with nukes e.g. India, Pakistan, Israel, DPRK

The EU is not a country. I don't think it's fair to take it into account here.

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:43 pm**

Cetacea wrote:1. Barclays plc

2. Capital Group Companies Inc.

3. FMR Corporation

4. AXA

5. State Street Corporation

6. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

7. Legal & General Group plc

8. Vanguard Group Inc.

9. UBS AG

10. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.

You make a great point. It is no longer about politics and military might, is it? I wonder if it ever was, in modern history,

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:45 pm**

The USA is the only superpower by any reasonable definition. China and Russia are, at best, regional powers (if at that).

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:18 pm**

Québec is a superpower. We're richer than Canada who only has dirty oil. We have the St.Lawrence River.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:51 pm**

Sapientia Et Bellum wrote:"Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined-means of economic, military, technological and cultural strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence."

I would argue that America is the only true superpower... both Russia and China are limited in their ability to influence the entire globe... I would consider them regional powers that influence Europe and Asia the most with little effect in Africa, North America, South America, and Western Europe....

for now.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:56 pm**

Equipe nationale du Quebec wrote:Québec is a superpower. We're richer than Canada who only has dirty oil. We have the St.Lawrence River.

This man gets it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:04 pm**

We all know that the woorld superpower is Monaco

NationStates

Who are the world superpowers?