Jaywalker
09-12-2018, 01:23 PM
There are various ways to measure wealth of nations, but in the most reasonable ones the top 15 are, in dollars, by 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP), mostly:
Millions of dollars, so the US is $19 trillion.
1 United States 19,390,600
2 China 12,014,610
3 Japan 4,872,135
4 Germany 3,684,816
5 United Kingdom 2,624,529
6 India 2,611,012
7 France 2,583,560
8 Brazil 2,054,969
9 Italy 1,937,894
10 Canada 1,652,412
11 South Korea 1,538,030
12 Russia 1,527,469
13 Australia 1,379,548
14 Spain 1,313,951
15 Mexico 1,149,236
The top 15 US states, millions of dollars, so California is $2.7 trillion.
1 California $2,746,873
2 Texas $1,696,206
3 New York $1,547,116
4 Florida $967,337
5 Illinois $820,362
6 Pennsylvania $752,071
7 Ohio $649,127
8 New Jersey $591,743
9 Georgia $554,269
10 North Carolina $538,291
11 Massachusetts $527,455
12 Virginia $508,662
13 Washington $506,353
14 Michigan $504,967
15 Maryland $393,632
The richest cities by GDP, by billions, so Tokyo is 1.89 trillion.
Tokyo 1,893 (2015)
New York 1,657.457 (2016)
Los Angeles 1,001 (2016)
London 879.5 (2016)
Paris 850 (2016)
Chicago 651.222 (2016)
Seoul 635.4 (2015)
Osaka–Kobe 584 (2013)
São Paulo 582.079 (2013)
Rhine-Ruhr 573.7 (2014)
Dallas – Ft-Worth 511.606 (2016)
Washington, DC 509.224 (2016)
Houston 478.618 (2016)
San Francisco 470
Shanghai 469
If you're keeping track, Moscow is way down there at 39th.
Like counting wealth, there are various ways to phrase the point of the exercise: why do we (worry about / let a country take advantage of us, either way) when they are so financially powerless? Russia is, at best, the 12th wealthiest - other estimates take them down to 15th. They're beaten out by the rich European states, sure, but also Italy, and also Brazil and Canada. It does manage to edge out those economic powerhouses Australia, Spain and Mexico for bragging rights. Even three of our states individually, California, Texas and New York put them in the shade. Even New York City by itself is wealthier than Russia. (I suspect there are several regions, like Philadelphia, that are richer but I didn't search for that.)
Okay, Russia does have an army and navy and an air arm, but those are pretty restricted by their lack of maintenance and spares. They do have nukes, but at this level it's more of a political weapon than something they can reasonably deploy. I suspect as long as the West doesn't push them into a corner they'll stay just a threat. Their natural gas supplies are much more a deployable weapon.
I can only presume we care so much about Russia because President Trump cares about them. When he's no longer in office will we continue to care/allow their actions?
Source: various wikipedias. Shown for comparison only - they aren't my numbers.
Millions of dollars, so the US is $19 trillion.
1 United States 19,390,600
2 China 12,014,610
3 Japan 4,872,135
4 Germany 3,684,816
5 United Kingdom 2,624,529
6 India 2,611,012
7 France 2,583,560
8 Brazil 2,054,969
9 Italy 1,937,894
10 Canada 1,652,412
11 South Korea 1,538,030
12 Russia 1,527,469
13 Australia 1,379,548
14 Spain 1,313,951
15 Mexico 1,149,236
The top 15 US states, millions of dollars, so California is $2.7 trillion.
1 California $2,746,873
2 Texas $1,696,206
3 New York $1,547,116
4 Florida $967,337
5 Illinois $820,362
6 Pennsylvania $752,071
7 Ohio $649,127
8 New Jersey $591,743
9 Georgia $554,269
10 North Carolina $538,291
11 Massachusetts $527,455
12 Virginia $508,662
13 Washington $506,353
14 Michigan $504,967
15 Maryland $393,632
The richest cities by GDP, by billions, so Tokyo is 1.89 trillion.
Tokyo 1,893 (2015)
New York 1,657.457 (2016)
Los Angeles 1,001 (2016)
London 879.5 (2016)
Paris 850 (2016)
Chicago 651.222 (2016)
Seoul 635.4 (2015)
Osaka–Kobe 584 (2013)
São Paulo 582.079 (2013)
Rhine-Ruhr 573.7 (2014)
Dallas – Ft-Worth 511.606 (2016)
Washington, DC 509.224 (2016)
Houston 478.618 (2016)
San Francisco 470
Shanghai 469
If you're keeping track, Moscow is way down there at 39th.
Like counting wealth, there are various ways to phrase the point of the exercise: why do we (worry about / let a country take advantage of us, either way) when they are so financially powerless? Russia is, at best, the 12th wealthiest - other estimates take them down to 15th. They're beaten out by the rich European states, sure, but also Italy, and also Brazil and Canada. It does manage to edge out those economic powerhouses Australia, Spain and Mexico for bragging rights. Even three of our states individually, California, Texas and New York put them in the shade. Even New York City by itself is wealthier than Russia. (I suspect there are several regions, like Philadelphia, that are richer but I didn't search for that.)
Okay, Russia does have an army and navy and an air arm, but those are pretty restricted by their lack of maintenance and spares. They do have nukes, but at this level it's more of a political weapon than something they can reasonably deploy. I suspect as long as the West doesn't push them into a corner they'll stay just a threat. Their natural gas supplies are much more a deployable weapon.
I can only presume we care so much about Russia because President Trump cares about them. When he's no longer in office will we continue to care/allow their actions?
Source: various wikipedias. Shown for comparison only - they aren't my numbers.