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defrost 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: In 1962, "Starfish Prime" space nuke destroyed 1/3...

The nation that designed and built the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, that produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded?

That was Russia.

"the #1 nation" depends so much on metric.

Norway leads the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

Switzerland leads the https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-i...

Australia leads the US in the US's own "best country" ranking https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings

Two4 3 months ago [–]

I think it was said tongue-in-cheek

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