Tom Vanstone’s Reviews > Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics > Status Update

The Mississippi basin supports a massive population in the USA and is responsible for a large acceleration in the growth of the superpower

A global superpower like the USA holds massive influence over the globe and their actions affect many other countries and are constantly under the scope on the global stage

The USA not only had the biggest economy in the world, and the largest military and many countries look up to the USA. They hold massive influence in Europe, South-East Asia to combat China and a recent focus on Asia and the Pacific

Cuba used to be a big threat during the Cuban Missile Crisis but is now falling back under USA influence