The United States of America is the richest country on Earth.

There are two reasons for this. First, the U.S. systematically attracted more immigrants than any other developed country. Second, its GDP per capita is the highest in the world among big countries. It surpassed all other empires sometime in the late 1800s:

*Some countries are richer than the US per capita, but these* *are all* either tiny tax havens (Ireland and the city-states of Bermuda, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, and Singapore) or countries with massive natural endowments (Norway with oil, Iceland with geothermal energy and fish).

In fact, the U.S. has followed an uncanny trend of nearly two percent growth in per capita GDP for over two centuries:

*You can go back to the 1650s and see a similar trend. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, it did slow down a bit, which is understandable given two wars against the UK.*

Why are we so rich?

Some believe it’s the result of democracy, rule of law, the U.S. dollar, a strong military, an entrepreneurial culture… but what if these factors are threatened, as many believe they are now? Will the U.S. keep growing or fall due to mismanagement? Will China surpass it?

*The US has gone from 31% of world GDP in 1960 to 22% in 2023.*

Fortunately for the U.S., it sits on the most advantaged piece of land in the world — and this is not changing anytime soon, so its power will likely keep growing.

Here’s why geography is the United States’ superpower.

Never Bet Against America

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