All Nations Are Superpowers: Difference between revisions

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See also [[Space Filling Empire]].

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** The tiny East European country of Latveria goes even further- it is considered a superpower pretty much because of the fact it is ruled by [[Dr. Doom]], an even greater [[Emperor Scientist]] than T'Challa, as well as a [[Sorcerous Overlord]], which is so advanced that crime, poverty and disease have been totally eradicated and the country is policed by super-advanced robots of Doom's own design. It is so ridiculously advanced that VR simulations of a hypothetical war between Latveria and the United States- which bare in mind is even more advanced than its real-life counterpart thanks to a monopoly on superhumans amongst other things- has Lateria win ''every single time''. This might have something to do with the fact that Doom has succesfully conquered the world already. Thrice (at least). And he surrendered it out of ''boredom''.

*** One story hinged upon the fact that the only reason the US didn't officially recognise Latveria as a fellow superpower was Latveria's lack of ''political'' influence -- both the US and the USSR (the story was written during the Cold War) had significant alliances across the world, while Latveria was a single nation, albeit a single nation capable of wiping the US from the map. Then Doom arranged things to establish an alliance between [[Sub Mariner|Atlantis]] and Latveria...

** The tiny African island nation of Genosha ''used to'' be this, at least under [[Magneto]], due to it being an open haven for the [[X Men|mutant species]], meaning the vast majority of its population was comprised of superhumans, a bit of [[Laser Guided Karma]] given that Genosha was formerly home to the worlds largest market for [[Fantastic Racism|mutant slavery]], and bare in mind Magneto obtained the island because he managed to single-handidly take the entire planets magnetic field hostage and could have caused global catastrophe ''on his own''- the world ''offered it to him''. We say ''used to'' because another [[X Men]] villain, Xavier's [[Ax Crazy]] [[Evil Twin]] Cassandra Nova, sent an army of Sentinel's to massacre 99.9% of the population, and it is currently an apocalyptic wasteland not really any good to anyone.

** The tiny African island nation of Genosha ''used to'' be this, at least under [[Magneto]], due to it being an open haven for the [[X Men|mutant species]], meaning the vast majority of its population was comprised of superhumans, a bit of [[Laser-Guided Karma]] given that Genosha was formerly home to the worlds largest market for [[Fantastic Racism|mutant slavery]], and bare in mind Magneto obtained the island because he managed to single-handidly take the entire planets magnetic field hostage and could have caused global catastrophe ''on his own''- the world ''offered it to him''. We say ''used to'' because another [[X Men]] villain, Xavier's [[Ax Crazy]] [[Evil Twin]] Cassandra Nova, sent an army of Sentinel's to massacre 99.9% of the population, and it is currently an apocalyptic wasteland not really any good to anyone.

*** Magneto seems somewhat fond of this- he also created Avalon / Asteroid M, an [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|asteroid]] above Earth that also was offered as a haven for the mutant race, this time backed up by Magneto stealing a whole bunch of nuclear weapons in case the world objected. Once again, this project failed due to the actions of another evil mutant.

== Literature ==

* ''[[Nineteen Eighty Four]]'', of course. All the world belongs to the three "superstates," Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. All three are evil, and there's nothing to choose between them politically. Given that Oceania very rapidly switches which one it's fighting against and which one it's allied with, and the similarities between the supposedly opposing political systems, it is implied that the other two may not exist, or at the very least that the war between them is a sham. With the control that Oceania's government has over information, it's impossible to say one way or the other.

* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', of course. All the world belongs to the three "superstates," Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. All three are evil, and there's nothing to choose between them politically. Given that Oceania very rapidly switches which one it's fighting against and which one it's allied with, and the similarities between the supposedly opposing political systems, it is implied that the other two may not exist, or at the very least that the war between them is a sham. With the control that Oceania's government has over information, it's impossible to say one way or the other.

* The post-[[WW 2]] world in Sterling's [[The Draka|Draka-verse]] is divided between the American-led [[The Alliance|Alliance for Democracy]] and [[The Empire|the Domination of Draka]].