[ErikVandeWater]

Humor me, by what measure is the US the richest nation on earth, or even close? Anything per capita will be dominated by Monaco/other tax havens. Anything on a gross level will be dominated by China.

[burkaman]

By net wealth (assets - liabilities). Here's a Wikipedia list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wea...) based on the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report (https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/g...). You're right that it's not even close, the US is almost twice as rich as China in the #2 spot.

[ErikVandeWater]

Add in underfunded liabilities and lets see what it shows us. Of course if a country doesn't require all liabilities to be counted it's going to show up at the top of the list.

[kube-system]

By the most simple definition of the term: total wealth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wea...

[dataflow]

Well if you have to pick something, the US has the highest GDP in the world.

[triceratops]

There are large countries (India, China). There are rich countries (Germany, Japan, the UK). The US is the only large, rich country.