>>6012904If you want a serious list of countries by significance:
1) Rome (and Italy)/Britain/China -
Rome - inspiration for western civilisation
Britain - Industrial revolution, massive globalisation, significant scientists, pervasive culture
China - dominant power of the east for millenia and made significant early inventions and discoveries; silk road
2) France - Napoleon and Charlemagne should be sufficient reasons
3) Germany - Great scientists, composers and philosophers; world wars
4) US - Modern information age and increased globalism
5) Greece - Foundations of western civilisation
6) Spain - First attempt at globalisation, colonised Americas and introduced goods from the Americas
7) India - Significant scientific contributions and influential culture
8) Persia - Dominated most of the early civilised world and earliest scientists
9) Russia - Summed up by USSR
10) Netherlands - Scientific and artistic contributions, increase in globalisation
