Wow its been a while since i opened a map, but shoudln't brasil be a superpower? just by land comparison!

@Jexie lik i know it was big like twice the size of a big country but then i looked at the map and saw it i was liek wow! then i searched how big it was and it was like 8.5 million square kilometers and the united states are like 9.5 square kilometers and china too!

like 1 million more is a lot but damn its so close

@Waveney I’d call that a regional power , not superpower. The Dutch were an economic superpower for several centuries.

@AthrillatheHunt Well anyway, I get your point :)

@Waveney hey belgian mention!

@AthrillatheHunt i kinda agree but also disagree,

economic superpower with its many harbours definitely!
but most of the resources from africa we had control over were personal to the king.

like not owned by belgium if i'm right about my history lessons from over 10 years ago!

@Fukfacewillie that makes sense, but wait aren't those all the constraints?

@popmol Unmet potential I’d say.

@Fukfacewillie most likely! but i think the biggest issue is probably geographical constraints, isn't it very mountainous and jungle like? with loads of dangerous animals?