User blog comment:Ty Rezac/Superpowers/@comment-4206034-20120701223415/@comment-4656717-20120701231459

I agree that the communism China might seem a problem. I lived in Hong Kong for a couple years, and being a Special Administrative Region, I felt no communist influences whatsoever (no doubt the British influence). In my opinion, china will either become a republic (eventually), or simply become a democratic communist nation. Which is not as weird or impossible as it sounds.

The corruption in India is a problem, but nonetheless, it is democratic. Fixing up the slums and water should definitely be a priority. I also recently learnt that India has a very good navy. There is, unfortunately, always the possibility of conflict with Pakistan, which is not going to help anyone.

Brazil as the "second USA" is exactly how I would think of it. In fact, in my TL, Brazil is in fact, just that. As long as they continue Heath their democracy, and don't descend into dictatorship again, they should be good.