Another interesting ranking, the Soft Power ranking. This measures "standard of government, diplomatic infrastructure, cultural output, capacity for education and appeal to business, the list is calculated using around 50 factors that indicate the use of soft power, including the number of cultural missions, Olympic medals, the quality of a country's architecture and business brands" - From Wiki
1. Germany
2. UK
3. America
4. France
5. Japan
Originally posted by Tzeentch
Neither of these metrics are related to power. 313
Power of purchase or whatever it's called uhuh
China's much, much richer than Norway or the Netherlands, but each Norwegian can buy as much as ten Chinese 😛