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The only country that matters /s

When it comes to the global economy, it’s basically true. Only the US and China, and to a lesser extent Europe collectively, really matter - everyone else follows.

So I just checked the World Bank 2022 numbers (GDP in USD):

US: 25.4T

Europe (well, just EU+UK since I'm lazy): 19.7T

China: 18.0T (<-- totally not cooked numbers)

EU: 16.6T

US and China are growing, Europe+UK is not for the past 10 years. So they are big but not a driver.

> Europe+UK is not [growing] for the past 10 years.

That's not correct. Also UK is actually still in Europe. Mortal Engines is fiction, not a documentary.

India definitely belongs on this list.

India's GDP in 2022 was 3.4T USD. They did beat the UK (at 3.1T USD) - but of course with a much larger population.

(https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?location...)

(And since someone mentioned California: 3.6T.)

California has a higher GDP. Should we put California on the list, too?

Is California a country?

Is Europe?

With the EU, effectively yes.

I mean, these economies are both approximately the size of UK's economy - meaning, no, they shouldn't be in that list.

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