A country that is "powerful" should have the ability to influence other countries in doing something the "powerful" country wants. The criteria of how powerful a country should be is based on the country's GDP, military, land size, electricity production, crude oil production, renewable water resources, natural gas production, number of patents granted, population, and foreign reserves. With these criteria, we have determined that Taiwan is not a powerful country when compared with the G20s.
We have ranked Taiwan the 19th, tied with Argentina. Due to the country's small land and limited resources, this leads to the low economy of Taiwan, when compared to the G20s. The country's lack of resources proves to be a problem due to the high population. Countries that tend to have high amounts of resources, (such as natural gas, oil, renewable water) and with a small population, tend to be in the higher ranks of the G21. For example, Saudi Arabia is placed first for the production of crude oil, but has the 17th highest population within the 21 countries, allowing it to have a high economy and placed 5th in our overall ranking.
Taiwan's low ranked economy leads to the low percentage of GDP for the military. The small land also limits natural resources that could be used as imports, exports, and other energy sources. Despite the low rankings economically and geographically, Taiwan is ranked 4th out of the 21 countries in terms of foreign reserves. This shows that several countries have owed Taiwan debt, which shows Taiwan to still hold some influence despite some disadvantages.
We have ranked Taiwan the 19th, tied with Argentina. Due to the country's small land and limited resources, this leads to the low economy of Taiwan, when compared to the G20s. The country's lack of resources proves to be a problem due to the high population. Countries that tend to have high amounts of resources, (such as natural gas, oil, renewable water) and with a small population, tend to be in the higher ranks of the G21. For example, Saudi Arabia is placed first for the production of crude oil, but has the 17th highest population within the 21 countries, allowing it to have a high economy and placed 5th in our overall ranking.
Taiwan's low ranked economy leads to the low percentage of GDP for the military. The small land also limits natural resources that could be used as imports, exports, and other energy sources. Despite the low rankings economically and geographically, Taiwan is ranked 4th out of the 21 countries in terms of foreign reserves. This shows that several countries have owed Taiwan debt, which shows Taiwan to still hold some influence despite some disadvantages.