1. British Empire - Largest colonial Empire and IIRC it had the strongest economy in the world at the time.
2. Germany - Strongest army in Europe with an incredible industial economy.
3. U.S. - An emerging power with a strong economy and growing political influence.
4. France - Second largest colonial Empire with a strong economy.
5. Russia - Large army with a lot of territory.
6. Austria-Hungary - Large army with decent industry, but AH is being torn apart by ethnic tension.
7. Italy - Large economy (although it's mostly agrarian) with a decent military.
8. Japan - Emerging power with a growing industry. It had a good military, but it's economy was still smaller then the countries above it and it's political influence was limited to Korea and parts of China.
9. Ottoman Empire - Decent military leadership (Ataturk), but being torn apart by ethnic tension and recently lost territory to Italy. It's economy was also quite a bit weaker then the Big 8.
10. I don't know. Maybe a Scandinavian country or Argentina.
Italy was one of the weaker powers, but it was still more powerful and influential then the Ottoman Empire. They defeated the Ottoman Empire, had an economy that was almost 4 times the size of the Ottoman Empire, and it had political influence in Southern Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, East Africa, and China.
When Otto Von Bismarck was looking for allies to counter the Russians, British, and French he chose Austria-Hungary and Italy. Not the Ottoman Empire. When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in China, 8 countries took part in putting the Rebellion down and had concessions in the country: Britain, France, the U.S., Japan, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy.
2. Germany - Strongest army in Europe with an incredible industial economy.
3. U.S. - An emerging power with a strong economy and growing political influence.
4. France - Second largest colonial Empire with a strong economy.
5. Russia - Large army with a lot of territory.
6. Austria-Hungary - Large army with decent industry, but AH is being torn apart by ethnic tension.
7. Italy - Large economy (although it's mostly agrarian) with a decent military.
8. Japan - Emerging power with a growing industry. It had a good military, but it's economy was still smaller then the countries above it and it's political influence was limited to Korea and parts of China.
9. Ottoman Empire - Decent military leadership (Ataturk), but being torn apart by ethnic tension and recently lost territory to Italy. It's economy was also quite a bit weaker then the Big 8.
10. I don't know. Maybe a Scandinavian country or Argentina.
Actual performance, reputation and power projection abilities? Not saying the Italians failed (I'd heard that they'd performed badly, but it was a very indepth analysis), but that would be ways a nation would seem less powerful.
Italy was one of the weaker powers, but it was still more powerful and influential then the Ottoman Empire. They defeated the Ottoman Empire, had an economy that was almost 4 times the size of the Ottoman Empire, and it had political influence in Southern Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, East Africa, and China.
When Otto Von Bismarck was looking for allies to counter the Russians, British, and French he chose Austria-Hungary and Italy. Not the Ottoman Empire. When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in China, 8 countries took part in putting the Rebellion down and had concessions in the country: Britain, France, the U.S., Japan, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy.
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