GAK67,

Why should I give a fuck exactly about US politics?...
Wow, that was a whiny reply. Yes Gak, the rest of the world is still there, because it is a fact. You are missing the same context that Quasi did. Re-read the 2nd line of my 1st reply to the OP. And if I think of America 1st, maybe it's because I live there. And wherever you are from I bet that you have a similar perspective.

Partisan politics are the worst thing to ever happen to your country.... "Partisan politics are not the only way to lead to freedom..,"...
You are missing the context of Grumple's question and comments. To rephrase my reply to Grumple, "That shit happens here." Gak, I did not say anything about "the only way". I don't know why you just made that up. That makes the 1st sentence in your reply irrelevant. I forget where you are from. But if your government is not malevolent I'm not going to care too much about how it operates internally. If your government is not a tyranny you probably have partisan politics.

You're actually a tiny country, being only about 5% of the world's population....
Yes, And you have made a calc that conveniently results in a small number. You are silly. Shit, that puts China at only 20%. Like I said, I forgot where you are from. what's the result of that calc? Really. all that you've done is to state how big the world really is, don't you think? Let's look at this a couple of different ways. and I want you to keep in mind the OP and my 1st reply.

Population:
[www.worldometers.info]
1China 1,439,323,776
2 India 1,380,004,385
3 United States 331,002,651
4 Indonesia 273,523,615 <--Shit, I did not know that!

Land Area(Total area Km^2):
[www.worldometers.info]
1 Russia 17,098,242
2 Canada 9,984,670
3 China 9,706,961
4 United States 9,372,610
5 Brazil 8,515,767
6 Australia 7,692,024

Wealth (in Billions and percentage of total):
[en.wikipedia.org]
1 United States 105,990 29.4%
2 China 63,827 17.7%
3 Japan 24,992 6.9%
4 Germany 14,660 4.1%
5 United Kingdom 14,341 4.0%
6 France 13,729 3.8%
7 India 12,614 3.5%
8 Italy 11,358 3.1%

Military Strength:
[www.globalfirepower.com]
1. United States
2. Russia
3. China
4. India
5. South Korea
6. France
7. United Kingdom