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Why the United States is a Superpower  
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This is a list of undisputable factors why the U.S. is a superpower.

	Geographic factors - The United States is the third largest country in the world by land area, after Russia and Canada. (Counting the disputed Taiwanese area as part of China places the United States in fourth place.)
	Demographic factors - With over 300 million people, about 4.5% of the world population, the U.S. is the world's third most populous nation and the most populous with a high Human Development Index. It has a high Human Development Index, according to the United Nations, ranking number eight.
	Political factors - It is a stable federal constitutional republic. It contributes around 22% of the United Nations budget, and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (with veto power). Its stance on world issues is usually supported by other nations, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
	Economic and financial factors - The U.S. has the world's largest national economy with a GDP of over $12 trillion.The US has nearly 30% of the global market exchange-rate GDP It is characterized by moderate to high economic growth. The U.S. has a per-capita GDP much greater than any emerging superpower and higher than that of most industrialized countries, at USD $41,800. The U.S. has the third largest per-capita GDP in the world, following Luxembourg and Norway. The average American does, however, spend considerably more of his or her life working than does the average European. Over the past 20 years, America's economic growth rate has averaged just over 3 percent per year. The U.S. is headquarters for many global corporations and financial institutions. American companies are leading players in many fields, such as new materials, electronics and telecommunications, information technology, aerospace, energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, medicine, bioinformatics, chemical enginee
	Military factors - The U.S. spends more on its military than the next twelve countries combined. As of 2006, it has the world's second largest nuclear arsenal, carries some of the most advanced strategic nuclear missiles and combines some of the world's most technologically advanced weapons systems with the expeditionary capability to project military power to any point in the world.
	Cultural factors - American culture is influential worldwide, especially in the English-speaking world such as Canada and Australia

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