If America falls, which country is in the best position to fill that power vacum?
The Russians are trying to make a come back.
The Chinese haven't progressed much past 1890 in raising the standard of living of their people.
The Japanese and the Germans are not the economic power houses they used to be.
North Korea and Iran are poised to obtain nuclear weapons.
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This is Russia wrapped up in a bundle. Following history, Russia is a country full of strong doltish people. They are able to defeat an enemy one on one, but in a war for instance they are able to out number their enemy and still lose. They are the bravest of the brave but definitely not intellectual Side: winner of the war following USA's fall
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Most of the countries you described are ran by maniacs. so, i say Israel. They're small, sure, but they're badass as fuck and don't take shit from anyone. the only country in this world that i would trust to be the next superpower is Israel (and Japan... maybe if Japan, Ireland and Israel all teamed up... that would be fuckin awesome) Side: Israel with Japan and Ireland
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I was watching this interesting program on History channel last night about Nostradamus and this professor from Yale and Nyu which came up with an algorithm that has a 90% proficiency to predict things such as this. I really wish I could remember his name! Either way, if US, what you call America, fails it will stir up so much shit I don't think we would have to worry about economics as much as military might. As tensions and the scarcity of natural resources increase, it would fall onto those who can compete with the US military might. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ This link is interesting, but it doesn't take into account technology. I looked a little further and to my surprise noticed much competition in air superiority among the top countries. Side: russia
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I'm just repeating what the show said. Basically that in over 100 years China hasn't progressed much. The ratio of rich people to poor people in China has not changed much. Yeah, there are lots more rich people in China now than in 1890 but there are also a lot more poor people as well. The number of rich people did not increase faster than the number of poor people. Side: russia
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