All Nations Are Superpowers: Difference between revisions

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== Anime ==

* Most iterations of ''[[~~Gundam (Anime)|~~Gundam]]'', sometimes there are smaller neutral powers involved, but even they tend to be a collection of neutral powers allied together.

* Most iterations of ''[[Gundam]]'', sometimes there are smaller neutral powers involved, but even they tend to be a collection of neutral powers allied together.

** A variant is seen in ''[[~~Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|~~Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'', with the Sanc Kingdom as a rough analogue to Switzerland.

** A variant is seen in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'', with the Sanc Kingdom as a rough analogue to Switzerland.

* ''[[~~Code Geass (Anime)|~~Code Geass]]'' has the world mostly divided up between the EU, the Chinese Federation and the Holy Brittanian Empire.

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has the world mostly divided up between the EU, the Chinese Federation and the Holy Brittanian Empire.

** Except Australia, for some reason...

* ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' has the known galaxy divided between [[The Empire]] and [[The Alliance]].

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* In the [[Marvel Universe]], several tiny fictional nations (as in, ''really'' tiny) are considered superpowers due to their extremely advanced science and technology and resident superhero / villain heads of state. Other nations do not miss out either and several have their own secret research programmes designed to [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|create or upgrade superhumans]] and their own resident team of superheroes.

** Wakanda, a tiny African nation long hidden from the world, has had the cure for cancer for centuries and possesses the world's major source of [[Unobtanium|Vibranium]]. Currently it is ruled by [[Emperor Scientist]] and all-round [[Badass]] King T'Challa, aka the [[Black Panther]], who serves on the world's premiere superhero team, and his [[Power of the Storm|weather manipulating]] Queen Storm of the [[X Men]], and has favourable ties to the [[Fantastic Four]].

** Wakanda, a tiny African nation long hidden from the world, has had the cure for cancer for centuries and possesses the world's major source of [[Unobtanium|Vibranium]]. Currently it is ruled by [[Emperor Scientist]] and all-round [[Badass]] King T'Challa, aka the [[Black Panther]], who serves on the world's premiere superhero team, and his [[Power of the Storm|weather manipulating]] Queen Storm of the [[X-Men]], and has favourable ties to the [[Fantastic Four]].

** 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...

*** 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.

*** 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 ==

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== Live Action TV ==

* In the earlier seasons of ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'', only the most powerful countries are ever shown to know about the Stargate program. Russia learns about the American program first, soon followed by France, Britain, and China. Those five nations happen to be the five permanent members of the [[United Nations]] Security Council, but they appear to learn about (or suspect) the program independently. By the time of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', the Atlantis outpost is found in Antarctica, and all 46 signatory nations to the Antarctic Treaty learn the secret. The Atlantis Expedition is thus a truly multinational one, with representatives from nations such as the Czech Republic, Belgium, and Japan.

* In the earlier seasons of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', only the most powerful countries are ever shown to know about the Stargate program. Russia learns about the American program first, soon followed by France, Britain, and China. Those five nations happen to be the five permanent members of the [[United Nations]] Security Council, but they appear to learn about (or suspect) the program independently. By the time of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', the Atlantis outpost is found in Antarctica, and all 46 signatory nations to the Antarctic Treaty learn the secret. The Atlantis Expedition is thus a truly multinational one, with representatives from nations such as the Czech Republic, Belgium, and Japan.

** Jonas Quinn's homeworld Langara is dominated by the superpowers Kelowna, Tirania, and the Andari Federation.

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* Nuclear-war sim ''[[DEFCON]]'' does this with the world divided up into six equal powers. It works for game balance, but makes for frankly odd geopolitics: South America and Africa are united nuclear powers able to field bomber fleets, navies and ICBMs equal to North America or Russia. Then there's the rest-of-the-world Asian bloc, a unified empire of Japan, China, India, Pakistan, both Koreas, the entire Middle East and everything in between.

* Due to the small number of powerful empires in ''[[~~Civilization (Video Game)|~~Civilization]]''-type games, most conflicts will be like this.

* Due to the small number of powerful empires in ''[[Civilization]]''-type games, most conflicts will be like this.

** Civilization 5 introduces truly independent city-states, and for a change introduces incentives for allying with them if you should choose not to crush them.

* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', there is only the Federation and the Empire, and the very tiny and peaceful grand duchy of Gallia, which is the only country still independent.

* Averted in the [[~~Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|~~Fire Emblem Tellius]] games, where Begnion takes up almost half the continent, with Crimea (the good guys) needing to curry Begnion's favour to defeat Daein (the bad guys, which are around the same size as Crimea but with a better military). There are also lots of smaller [[Animorphism|Laguz]]-run countries which don't pose much of a presence separately.

* Averted in the [[Fire Emblem Tellius]] games, where Begnion takes up almost half the continent, with Crimea (the good guys) needing to curry Begnion's favour to defeat Daein (the bad guys, which are around the same size as Crimea but with a better military). There are also lots of smaller [[Animorphism|Laguz]]-run countries which don't pose much of a presence separately.

== Web Original ==