User blog comment:Ty Rezac/my idea on strongest countries/@comment-1376885-20120225153801/@comment-4758513-20120225154152

This isn't just about how powerful their army is, its also about how strong their economy is. All of the countries on the list have both strong armies that are quite large and they have the economies to support them. Although Japan should not be on the list, their army is not very large at all.