Uh....... King? I think you got your centuries wrong.

That, or you forget the Nazis in the 20th century.

Rapidly growing countries that are already one of the 20 most powerful:

1. Nigeria
2. India
3. Russia
4. Egypt
5. Philippines
6. Indonesia
7. Vietnam
8. Japan
9. South Korea
10. Brazil

Edited 3/29/2015 15:53:24

No, you got it all wrong, its:
18th Century: Britain, France, Spain, Russia*
19th Century: Britain, Prussia/German Empire, Russia* ,United States, Japan*
20th century : US, Soviet Union, Great Britain, Germany, Japan
21st: US, China*, India*, Texas, Russia, Germany*, Japan*, EU (if it survives)
22nd: Some middle eastern country, the Nordic Council, US, Google, EU, China (after the civil war)

*maybe

wait Xypapy, you arent putting china? Yet you put America? What happened to you?

China is already superpower

Edit: Along with America, let me edit.

1700: Spain, France, Portugal
1800: Spain, Russia, Portugal
1900: Britain, France, Russia
2000: America, China, India (has changed since then)

Edited 3/29/2015 16:07:56

Ha Texas is its own country

In my head a superpower is a nation who survived most of the century. Germany was powerful up until after World War II. How can a country split in half and owned by Russia be considered a super power?

because its Germany

that is the one and only respose you will get

Why are people considering Texas a world power. It's vital to America, but it has a lot of crap going on.

Ie

Save the wetlands.
Current governor.
Etc

It does have good farmlands, is relatively unaffected by the droughts and has a positive tax-debt ratio with the us though. Pretty good 25 million population, size of a European country average and a very rich local culture though.

This is my particular order (excluding Asian states until globalisation, because they had few relations with Europe):

1500s: Spain, Portugal, Ottoman Empire
1600s: Spain, Portugal, Ottoman Empire, France
1700s: Spain, France, United Kingdom
1800s: France, United Kingdom, Russia
1900-1950: United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States
1950-2000: United States, USSR, United Kingdom
Nowadays: United States, China (EU also if they are taken into account together)

This list is just a general view, feel free to give your oponion if you disagree.

Pretty agreeable list, though putting Britain as third most powerful in 1950-2000 is a bit much; I'd say Japan instead of Britain. Although no atomic bombs, it was the second biggest economy before China overtook it, I think, and made loads of technology and other goodies.

^Completely correct.

Yeah, I wasn't sure about Japan, because it could fit at the end of the 1900-1950 period, and also between 1970/1980 until nowadays. However, I still think that United Kingdom was a Superpower, although weaker than USA and USSR, but his empire was still very big.

Edited 3/29/2015 21:44:02

The empire ended almost completely by 1960; and suffered very big losses in 1931 and 1947.

America runs on Texas that's why.

hang on...

Britain used to own A LOT OF COUNTRIES (like sixty), the largest being Canada (size) India (population) and maybe australia/NZ as well...

THEY DIDN'T OWN ANY OF THEM AFTER 1950!!

Yeah, 1931 was the Westminister Treaty, in which South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada all gained independence; 1947 was British Raj independence, and 1960 is when the UN ordered all colonies to be granted independence.

Edited 3/29/2015 22:53:28

1901 for australia

How does America run on Texas. America runs on foreign alliances, international trade and its ginormous cities of constant booming.