# How powerful is American/UK/France/China/Russia/India?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-powerful-is-american-uk-france-china-russia-india/721523 "2015-06-03T13:02:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-powerful-is-american-uk-france-china-russia-india/721523/1 "2015-06-03T13:02:16Z")

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I am on a trip atm and was at the airport just surfing about and found this series of YouTube videos that talks about various countries and how powerful they are, so thought I’d link to them if anyone is interested. The videos aren’t that long, and basically they talk about power in terms of military, economic and political might in the context of the country under discussion compared to the world. I found some of them interesting…YMMV.

How powerful is the [US](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT9OB909VEw)?

How powerful is the [UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90FwdRPFGK8)?

How powerful is [France](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KJ4zYP0AY)?

How powerful is [China](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaoz_eXM4k)?

How powerful is [Russia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vX-_hjx_go)?

How powerful is [India](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zcI6u6oTCw)?

Bonus videos: [Canada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YftGSdS9o9k). [Australia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKivVfwQ24). [Iran](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mywU-_jlc). [Germany](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2cAtwR57c).