| United States |
Global reserve-currency, military basing network, industrial supremacy |
Still top dog but domestic debt, cultural fracture, imperial over-stretch |
Pyrrhic victor |
| Soviet Union |
Satellite empire from Elbe to Pacific |
Economic stagnation → collapse 1991; Russia now sanctioned & fighting in Ukraine |
Biggest loser |
| United Kingdom |
Permanent UNSC seat, victorious myth |
Empire gone, major cities minority-British, economy behind Germany |
Defeated winner |
| France |
Occupying zone in Germany, colonial re-occupation |
Lost wars (Vietnam, Algeria), racial riots, shrinking global sway |
Hollow victor |
| Germany & Japan |
Rubble, occupation, war-guilt |
Rebuilt, export super-powers, demographic decline, no geopolitical sovereignty |
Occupied success stories |
| Zionist movement |
Refugee camps & underground militias |
State of Israel, UNSO lobby, regional super-power |
Late-game winner |
| China (Communist) |
Poor, exhausted, starting civil war |
2026: #2 economy, rising military, poised to supplant US |
Long term supremacy |
