Great Powers

**The Great Powers** are a group of countries deemed the strongest among the others, who have the power to manipulate and control weaker powers via bribery and diplomacy. Over the course of the scenario, the great powers have changed drastically - some countries lost their status, while the others raised to the top. Right now, X countries ever had the status of a great power.

## Overview

Universe-wise, the number of existing Great Powers at a single time is capped at **10**. If the amount of countries strong enough to be an equal part of the group is *less than 10,* then the amount of Great Powers will be **below the cap.**

## History

### 2020s

Initial Great Powers:

1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. India
5. UK
6. France
7. Brazil
8. Germany
9. Italy
10. Indonesia

#### Changes

* Indonesia gets replaced by Grand Ethiopia after the **2024 coup d'etat** and the annexation of Eritrea.

### 2030s

#### Changes

Surprisingly, no changes to the list of Great Powers happened during the 2030s.

### 2040s

#### Changes

* Grand Ethiopia is replaced by Argentina after the **2041 - 2045 Chilean War**.
* Italy is replaced by the NCSA, and Argentina is replaced with Italy after the **2049 American Split**. Also, after that, USA falls to the 10th place in the Great Powers' list, moving every other Power 1 place forward.

### 2050s

#### Changes

* China falls behind India due to the Xinjiang proclaiming its independence.

### 2060s

#### Changes

* USA is replaced by Spain.
* Germany raises 3 places forward, shoving Brazil, France and UK down 1 place.

### 2070s

#### Changes

* Germany raises another 1 place forward, leaving India behind.
* UK (now England) leaves the Great Powers. The vacant 10th place is now taken by Australia.
* China falls 2 places below after Tibet and Inner Mongolia gain independence.
* Iraq (now self-proclaimed Neo-Babylon) replaces Spain. Spain replaces Australia.

### 2080s

#### Changes

* Spain (now Iberia) reclaims the 9th place, leaving Neo-Babylon to be at the bottom of the list.
* Germany is brought down to the 6th place.
* As the Third World War begins and USA advances in North America, they return to the Great Powers List, taking the 7th place and shoving the NCSA down to the 10th.

### 2090s

#### Changes

* By the end of the World War 3 in 2099, USA is kicked from the Great Powers List once again, NCSA is now at the 6th place, and the 10th place is now taken by Canada. 9th place is taken by Australia.
* Russia falls 1 place below, ending its leadership lasting from 2049.

### 2100s

#### Changes

* As Russia collapses, it's brought all the way down to the 8th place.
* Stanistan replaces Canada.

### 2110s

#### Changes

* Russia ascends to the 7th place.
* Japan enters the List, taking the 9th place.

### 2130s

#### Changes

* Gold Coast enters the List and replaces Australia.
* Spain falls 1 place below due to the French victories in the **2130s Grand European War**.

### 2140s

#### Changes

* Japan ascends 1 place up.
* Spain leaves the List. The 10th place is retaken by Stanistan.
* Brazil drops to the 5th place.
* France takes the 1st place.
* NCSA falls to the 10th place, USA rises to the 8th.
* Japan leaves the List.
* Turkey and Australia occupy the 8th and 10th places respectively.

### 2150s

#### Changes

* USA leaves the list. the NCSA takes the 3rd place. The 9th place gets taken by Argentina.
* NCSA falls to the 4th place.
* Stanistan replaces Australia.
* Turkey rises 1 place up.

### 2160s

#### Changes

* On September 24th, 2163, the Great Powers are temporarily disbanded due to the ongoing **War of the Japanese Rise.**

From **2163** to **2169**, there were no Great Powers. After the war ended, the Great Powers were reformed, with an updated list built from scratch:

1. Japan
2. Russia
3. France
4. NCSA
5. India
6. Argentina
7. Gold Coast
8. South Africa
9. Turkey
10. Germany

### 2170s

#### Changes

* Russia leaves the list. The 10th place is taken by Indonesia.
* As the **Grand Liberation of China** begins, Japan slowly falls to the 6th place.

### 2180s

#### Changes

* Russia rejoins the List, taking the 10th place.
* The New Chinese Commune (NCC, New China) is officially recognised by the UN, it takes the 6th place in the List.
* Japan falls to the 9th place.

### Result

As of 2183, the end of Chapter XXIV, the Great Powers List looks like this:

1. France
2. NCSA
3. India
4. Argentina
5. Gold Coast
6. New China
7. South Africa
8. Turkey
9. Japan
10. Germany