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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 259441, member: 6036&quot;]Depends on what you mean by &quot;richest nation&quot;. It&#039;s not reasonable to conclude that either India, China, or Russia will be any where near the US annual GDP <b>PER CAPITA </b>any time soon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>India <b>$ 3,800</b></p><p>China <b>$ 7,700</b></p><p>Russia <b>$ 12,200</b></p><p>America <b>$ 44,000</b> - almost 4x Russia and more than 11x India - far and away #1 of any major nation</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For India and China, large population will be quite a hindrance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And population-wise, Russia is less than half the population of the US (140 million vs. 300 million).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Surely Russia will fare the best of those three - not too many people, large oil and gas revenues.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But elaine&#039;s point is well made in that all three nations&#039; expansion should drive up gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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