America became the runner up for 244th most powerful country in the world (behind Britain due to general global consensus on how much they hated it with USA's "but i like me..." finalizing the decision) when Ronald McDonald was elected emperor in 1987. After a massive McDonalds advertisement drive, the population spent an entire year's wages on Big Macs. Consequently, America's military budget swelled to a massive $2, and the average American belt size swelled to a massive 45". Due to this increase in population mass, the world, not including Britain, announced America to be too powerful. This was mainly due to the fear of Americans trying to leave the country and getting stuck on economy airlines where seat widths are only 24", and planes would become overcramped. Consequently the resultant bodily odours would incapacitate airline staff, forcing planes to crash into more cultured parts of the world than America.