In the US, the lowest it gets is 16.

I think Belarus should annex both countries.

☝🏽 We see some good points in communism and anarchism, without veering to either extreme.

Most likely the New Development Bank will give loans to Ethiopia to fill up the damn slowly.

Egypt doesn't have to worry about the river running low, and Ethiopia can balance the lost gains from filling up the damn quickly with cheap cash from BRICS.

The reserve dollar status lets the US export trillions in inflation to the rest of the world. Print and spend domestically, and the reserves held by the entire world get devalued.

The US would probably start a war if someone threatened the trillions in free cash they can passively profit from.

Maybe the bloc can be a mediator for the Nile damn conflict, since it's a big economic issue for both.