Texas=oil and guns

How does America run on Texas.

Well supposedly if Texas were it's own country they'd have the 14th largest GDP. However, it's also worth noting that California would be 10th.

AMERICA

http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/world_economies_gdp/?sr=fbmoney032815economies0300int

100s:
1st China
2nd Roman Empire
3rd India
4th Persia

1500s:
1st China
2nd Ottoman Empire
3rd Italy
4th Spain/Portugal (later together under the Iberian Union)

1800:
1st France (French Empire)
2nd UK
3rd Russia
4th Austria

1900:
1st UK
2nd Germany
3rd France
4th USA


1950
1st USA
2nd URSS
3rd Japan
4th West Germany/France/UK

Nowadays
1st USA
2nd China
3rd Japan
4th Germany


FUTURE

2050
1st China
2nd USA
3rd India
4th Russia/Brazil/Japan/Indonesia

2100
1st UNE (United Nations of Europe)
2nd New Chinese Empire
3rd Latin alliance (South America)
4th USA

2500 (Earth destroyed in 2222 during WW3)
1st Theocratic Moon Republic
2nd Despotate of Mars
3rd Spaceship Galactic Slavers
4th New Colony of Alpha Centauri

Edited 3/30/2015 02:00:26

So much wrong...I can see why you think the way you do...

West Germany, France and Britain, believe it or not, were not one country, but three.

Juq great revelation!!!! UK, Germany and France are 3 different countries!!!
Nah seriously, I wrote those 3 because they had almost the same GPD and were depending on the years after 1950 behind or above the ranking list.

Also I am kinda surprised to not see China in the top of the list before the 1700s, as many scholars and economists proved that China was continuously the first world power since old times.

I decided to put Italy (despite the fact that it was not an unified nation) above Spain/Portugal in the 1500s (Spain and Portugal unified themselves for a short period but later in the 1600s), Italy was clearly the most developped western european nation during the renaissance.

After 2100 do not take it seriously just pure fantasy :)

Edited 3/30/2015 01:57:52

Also I am kinda surprised to not see China in the top of the list before the 1700s, as many scholars and economists proved that China was continuously the first world power since old times.

Look up the Opium Wars.

Opium wars: 19th century

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@[ESP] Pablo García

I would take out spain in the 1700s and put 1. France 2. United Kingdom 3 Qing empire, and I would add Russia to the 1900-1950

Edited 3/30/2015 10:41:11

Spain was clearly out after the 1600s, soon after the Spanish Armada was defeated and the Habsburg dominion dismantled, facing a crisis and slowly losing ground in America (Caribbean, North America etc.)

@[ESP] Pablo García

In my opinion.

1500s: Ottoman Empire, Spain, Portugal
1600s: Spain, France, Ottoman Empire,
1700s: France, United Kingdom, Qing Empire
1800s: United Kingdom, Russia, France
1900-1950: United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Russia
1950-2000: United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom
Nowadays: United States, China, Russia

I know I probably left some out

Edited 3/31/2015 06:48:26

India; errr why are they powerful again?

And in
1900 - 1950 Japan was reasonably powerful

yeah, japan in 1945 was veeeery powerful :P

It's not focusing on 1945 it's focusing on half of a century

1600s-Spain and HRE.
1700s-France,England,Austria.
1800s-France,England,Russia.
1900s-USA,England,Germany,USSR
2000s-USA,China.

1900s-USA,England,Germany,USSR

Germany was powerful at the beginning...but then the Versailles Treaty (1919)...very poorness 1919-1936, then great victories, then back to very poorness (1945-1980s around).

The best list:

1500s: Spain, Portugal, Ottoman Empire
1600s: Spain, Portugal, Ottoman Empire
1700s: Spain, Portugal, Russia
1800s: Russia, Britain, France
1900-1950: Britain, France, Russia
1950-2000: Russia, America, Japan
Nowadays: China, America (EU also if they are taken into account together)

Juq Spain in the 1700s was no longer a powerful nation nor Russia still barely in the middle age during that period. And again China was number one at least until 1600-1700.

Edited 3/30/2015 15:09:48