WHO is the next superpower?

[Polythinia]

I read the first 7 pages and the last page and didn't see Brazil.

I said the BRICs.

[Qwcasd]

The World Health Organisation is the next superpower?

I agree entirely.

This

[Mirkana]

I'm keeping an eye on Switzerland. They used to have troops so badass that there were treaties prohibiting the use of Swiss mercenaries. And they have roughly 5.7 trillion dollars in the Swiss Banks - meaning that if they decided to confiscate all that money, they could maintain a defense budget on par with the friggin UNITED STATES for a decade.

[Grandtaria]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

[Chumblywumbly]

The World Health Organisation is the next superpower?

Ah, another person shares my (brief) confusion.

[Lackadaisical2]

I'm keeping an eye on Switzerland. They used to have troops so badass that there were treaties prohibiting the use of Swiss mercenaries. And they have roughly 5.7 trillion dollars in the Swiss Banks - meaning that if they decided to confiscate all that money, they could maintain a defense budget on par with the friggin UNITED STATES for a decade.

They'd need a decade of spending like we do to get a military going at all, and then of course, they have no ports, kinda hard to be a superpower without 'em.

[North Svea]

America is #1 in terms of superpowers, China is a high and rising industrial power. Leader in clean coal technology. described by Forbes; Hu is number two (it even rhymes.) Is China next in line? If you believe this is true how long until China overtakes the US?

The next superpower would be United Techjuche nations in year 2099

[Lackadaisical2]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

mmm, yes. I've heard India is planning to repatriate.

[Greal]

China could do it, if it doesn't collapse.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Are you all retarded? The next superpower is clearly going to be Sealand!

[Israslovakahzerbajan]

Are you all retarded? The next superpower is clearly going to be Sealand!

Today, a platform, tommorow a rusty oil rig!

[Lackadaisical2]

Are you all retarded? The next superpower is clearly going to be Sealand!

Today, a platform, tommorow a rusty oil rig!

The next day, the world!

[Mereshka]

Norway! A new horde of Vikings shall emerge that will conquer the world!

I believe it.

[North Svea]

Norway! A new horde of Vikings shall emerge that will conquer the world!

I believe it.

Me too State/economic vikings

[Timurid Empire]

The next Superpower will be the great Byzantine Empire!

[Arkpagjia]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

Personally I think Britain is an awesome country because of their culture; history and because of what the country has shown itself capable of in the past, but unfortunately I don't think it's on the rise as an industrial power. I really wish it were though...

[DobsState]

google it. Many experts feel that china is a bubble waiting to burst. It might be wrong but who knows.

[United Russian State]

Russia, India, China.

[South Norwega]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

[North Suran]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

Blasphemy!

We still have Gibraltar and that (unrecognised) slice of the Antarctic!

[Islamic Hazarastan]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

Is it weird that I like the British Empire?
I'm Pakistani

Oh, and to those Brits who watch cricket... Congratulations! I was rooting for the English yesterday

[Lackadaisical2]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

Blasphemy!

We still have Gibraltar and that (unrecognised) slice of the Antarctic!

...those are on the map.

[Tseluyu]

Chechnya.

[North Suran]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

Ah man, I wish Britain were on the rise. I'm not sure they are exactly; the world has changed. There's a reason the sun sets on the British empire now; their original reasons for being a freaking awesome country have mostly disappeared. Coal isn't as useful as it once was; isolation isn't as convenient as it once was, they lack the degree of technological superiority they once had, and they lack colonies.

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

Blasphemy!

We still have Gibraltar and that (unrecognised) slice of the Antarctic!

...those are on the map.

He claimed that the empire ended because we lost Hong Kong.

To that I say, who needs Hong Kong when you have a rock...



...and a barren, featureless wasteland!

[Tseluyu]

I know its a long shot, but britan is on the rise.

-snip-

The reason the sun sets on the British Empire is that they got rid of Hong Kong.

Blasphemy!

We still have Gibraltar and that (unrecognised) slice of the Antarctic!

...those are on the map.

He claimed that the empire ended because we lost Hong Kong.

To that I say, who needs Hong Kong when you have a rock...

*snip*

...and a barren, featureless wasteland!

*snip*

I think what he was saying, in a purely logical interpretation, is that the *sun* would *rise* on the British Empire if they still owned Hong Kong because - and this is a purely, taking it at face value kind of thing - Hong Kong is in the Far East. And, as I'm sure you know, the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.


And yay barren wastelands.