Military Ranking

Military ranking in SuperPower 2 is determined by unit value. More expensive units contribute more than cheap ones to the rank in each category. When calculating military strength, a country's nuclear arsenal (value of missiles) are added on-top of the value added from the other categories of the army.

Military ranking differs from military strength. Military ranking is any of the 5 categories whereas military strength is the value of the entire army.

Categories

Military ranking comes in 5 categories. Every country is ranked in each of them depending on the value of the units in each category:

1. Soldier (personnel).
2. Ground.
3. Air.
4. Navy.
5. Nuclear.

Note: The number of units is not in itself the factor that determines the ranks (except for personnel). For example, Italy possesses 200 B1 bombers, thus ranks 3rd in Air, but other countries possess a larger fleet of aircrafts, but they are not as valuable as the 200 Italian bombers.

Military Ranking and Strength table

Below is a table showing the top ten countries by military ranking in each category as well as their final military strength rank. Because soldiers (personnel) have a static value of 5000, ranks in this category is always determined by quantity (the number of soldiers).

Rank	Infantry	Land	Air	Naval	Nuclear	Military Strength
1	China	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States
2	India	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia
3	North Korea	China	China	France	France	France
4	Pakistan	India	France	United Kingdom	China	United Kingdom
5	Iran	Egypt	United Kingdom	China	United Kingdom	China
6	United States	Israel	United Kingdom	Japan	India*	Italy
7	Vietnam	Turkey	Ukraine	North Korea	Israel*	Ukraine
8	South Korea	Syria	South Korea	India	Pakistan	India
9	Burma	Iran	India	Singapore	North Korea**	Japan
10	Turkey	Egypt	Israel	Italy	N/A	North Korea

• Nations with an (*) next to them have the technology to create nuclear weapons from the start, but do not possess any.
  • North Korea begins the game researching Strategic Forces

Notes

• It's possible to inflate a country's rank in certain categories (and ultimately the military strength) by producing 'bogus' unit types such as ballistic missile submarines. Despite nuclear submarines being largely unusable for actual combat.
  • Because of this it's always recommended to study enemy armies instead of fixating on rank. It's also good to understand unit efficiency between each unit type.