Japan and Germany to begin with, I think? Although I don't quite follow how your question relates to my statement.

It's actually more about having a competent law enforcement system. The manner of American police is arguably on par with, if not indistinguishable from warlord countries in Africa.

But didn't the republic also get alot of loans from the banking Clans?

How did the separatists field such a huge fleet when their council is a fraction of the republic?

Then you toss in the nearest American.

**a stealth submarine receives a long wavelength communications about an enemy craft due to enter its area the next day. she changes course towards the kelp forest it passed earlier, knowing the risk of prop entanglement. Nothing her crew can't handle. She notices that she has developed a certain liking to the flavour now, as she begins grazing on the long slimy leaves.

Immediately her internals begins to work at dehydrating, digesting and then producing the derived materials which feed directly to an intricate set of machines that weave back and forth, materializing a small fleet of self guided swim drones that will soon find themselves swimming towards the unsuspecting enemy soon.**

So basically not a huge difference from the opponent?

What's with all the Ed Sheeran stuff all of a sudden?

I liked the random acts of foot massage bit though