South Korea?

I am not sure if 5-7% GDP spending on excess military personnel is going to solve unemployment crisis in any meaningful way

They could have been made teachers or scientists to provide more boost to the economy than just foot soldiers

But also pretty stupid, TBF

Other than geopolitical significance, Oman (as well as Saudi and Algeria) also has a very large young male population who either become police or soldiers. It is basically giving them a job since there aren't many others. This is a better option than having them running around unemployed and frustrated.

Only 4% of the gdp though. So compared to the percent of gdp, it's a lot less than other countries.

Emus are pretty terrifying though

Bro I hate when mfs say this. Those rice farmers were literal seasoned fighters that have been fighting consistently for over 30 years. Technology aside - Pound for pound - they were objectively well trained, determined, and effective

This map is for individual countries

Not surprising, most people in the world live there.

USA lost to rice farmers being supplied by communist China, Soviets lost to Afghanis being supplied by the US. Russia is currently losing to a Ukraine supplied by NATO. All wars would’ve been won by the superior opponent without outside intervention.

Australians lost to Emus

The usa got away with it because those that were invaded by the axis did more damage and harm for those countries. You aren’t gonna hear china/Korea complaining about Japan being nuked because Japan was occupying china and Korea. Russia ain’t gonna complain because Russia was also being invaded to some extent. Etc…

I mean, it's the biggest continent on Earth, I'd be more concerned if they didn't have the most road deaths.

Where is Buffalo on this chart?

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Don’t forget Aussies lost to birds! /s

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great design but tbh not much better in telling a story

It basically is an Israeli Colony.

could realistically win it any day they wanted by just nuking Kiev. How do you define win?

They kill their own country men. They bomb their own land with radiation. The entire world comes after them, unlike how USA got away with doing the same twice.

Relevant XKCD

Oman is practically an Israeli Colony

Suppressing armed enemies is so much harder than oppressing their wives.

Here is OPs graph, adjusted for population: https://i.imgur.com/O8EhMRl.png

Asia also accounts for around the same percentage of the population of the world