[giacomoforte]

Nominal GDP is very important for geopolitics.

[glimshe]

Nuclear weapons even more, which India does have.

[benoau]

Japan reportedly can build those weapons any time they feel like it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_latency#Nuclear-thresh...

[threethirtytwo]

What matters for most humans is quality of life, health and safety.

Per capita is more relevant to people overall.