How Powerful is Portugal?

Just another patriotic thread

Still interesting tho

Portugal is ranked #63 on the Global Firepower Index

And Malaysia at #34

How powerful is Cape Verde?

Ocean, last country in Europe (in the corner), tourism, trade, port for incoming trade from Americas, pretty much powerful.

Smart nations do not use armies to pursue interested anymore, so if you going to rely on the military - you lose automaticaly.

It would be funny to watch small countries militarizing and trying to dominate the world, like Nazi Germany



p.s.
why test tube... every second comment about them is 'propaganda', it is simple as that, you can see they only talk positive about US and everything bad about the rest. Every first comment is 'how strong is Kazakhstan' though.

Americans love ireland, so yay, we may not rank on a power index but we can still nuke you! / some what, indirectly!

{edit} also too Portuguese, being the only other small western eu-nation, we got your back we'll get the murican's to nuke for ya don't worry bout it.

Kirjutas Skanderbeg, 28.05.2016 at 18:46

Ocean, last country in Europe (in the corner), tourism, trade, port for incoming trade from Americas, pretty much powerful.

Smart nations do not use armies to pursue interested anymore, so if you going to rely on the military - you lose automaticaly.

Exactly, that's why we've always been a country directed at the sea and overseas :3

Costa Rica
The constitution has forbidden a standing military since 1949. It does have a public security force, whose role includes law enforcement and internal security. For this reason Costa Rica is the headquarters for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and also the United Nations' University for Peace.

Kirjutas Columna Durruti, 28.05.2016 at 21:45

Costa Rica
The constitution has forbidden a standing military since 1949. It does have a public security force, whose role includes law enforcement and internal security. For this reason Costa Rica is the headquarters for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and also the United Nations' University for Peace.

We have the mafia doing the internal security in albania.and the bullet is best is best for justice

Instead of investing in a standing army, focussing on improving the unemployment rate (currently 13% and 30% for the youth) would be smarter imo.
This goes for most countries not just Portugal.