Your Country Gets Deleted If Its Army Is Too Weak

ADMIN counts soldiers, ships and bombs. Weak armies get deleted. The rules: 1. Fewer than 10,000 soldiers? (or no national army) 2. Fewer than 50,000? 3. Fewer than 100,000? 4. No aircraft carrier? (helicopter carriers count) 5. No nuclear weapons? 6. Fewer than 1 million soldiers? 7. Fewer than 2 million soldiers? YOUR votes this time: 🛡 Shield: the Philippines (most-commented from Episode 7). It blocks one deletion. ↩ Restore: Canada (your restore pick). It gets deleted… then ADMIN hits Ctrl+Z. 👇 Did you guess the survivor at the pause? Comment ONE country to restore in Episode 9. Previous episodes: [paste the Ep01–Ep07 links here] ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 1.28 million soldiers… deleted?! 0:36 Your vote: the Philippines' shield 0:46 Round 1: Fewer than 10,000 soldiers? 2:24 Round 2: Fewer than 50,000? 3:40 Round 3: Fewer than 100,000? 4:33 Ctrl+Z: Canada restored 4:49 Round 4: No aircraft carrier? 6:11 Round 5: No nuclear weapons? 7:05 Round 6: Fewer than 1 million? 7:35 Final round: Fewer than 2 million? 8:25 The last country standing 📊 THE DATA • Active military personnel (reserves and paramilitary not counted): IISS "The Military Balance" 2024–2026, via Wikipedia "List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel". • No armed forces (Costa Rica, Iceland, Vatican City, Liechtenstein, Panama…): Wikipedia "List of sovereign states without armed forces". Syria and Libya have no IISS count (army being rebuilt / rival forces). • Aircraft carriers in service, including helicopter carriers: Wikipedia "List of aircraft carriers in service" (16 countries). • Nuclear weapons: the 9 nuclear-armed states (Israel's are undeclared). Read Nov 2026. Flags: flag-icons (MIT licence). Map: Natural Earth (public domain). #geography #military #countries