And didn't lose 10-40% of its adult male population.

However, number of movies made extolling your country's sacrifice during WW2 divided by lives your country actually lost? Well, in that statistic, America is truly #1.

South America is ressource rich, hasn't had a major war for more than a century, and yet isn't so rich. Why?

Americans (myself often included) so easily take our insanely beneficial geography and natural resources for granted!