User blog comment:Ty Rezac/my idea on strongest countries/@comment-4656717-20120227091624/@comment-1630894-20120227123549

We're talking military wise, not economy wise, and since Japan's army has been really reduced and restricted after WW2, they wouldn't be up there. We already explained earlier why Brazil wouldn't be on the list either. Plus, Israel has nuclear weapons, and South Korea's army is super built up due to fears from the north.