Ok lets say we quit giving money, troops, supplies, etc to other countries (even through the UN, IMF, World Bank, whatever) who would make up that large amount of money that would no longer be donated or loaned to other countries to improve their standard of living, increase thier security or improve thier infrastructure...without our equipment and ability to mobilize the UN loses its ability to do anything (provided a vote in the council would ever actually accomplish anything) the reason is Russia doesn't have the money to keep thier vehicles moving and they are the only ones with the equipment and the population to provide what we do...I do feel that if Russia could have kept the states together even after the fall of the government they could have kept thier superpower status but when one destroys the infrastructure without a new plan in place it can become difficult to finance the country. I view the necessity of multiple large industrialized countries as a much better choice, but since there are no other options at this time given China's Laze Fare concept for international aid we are the last superpower remaining...which makes us both loved and hated throughout the world