The “combined economies of NATO” count private debt and usurious interest paid to moneylenders, income from legalized prostitution and fast food as part of their “economies”.
In many cases, it’s MOST of their “economies”.
Russia’s economy, you know, the “size of Belgium’s” consists of extraction and production. Our theory that losing McDonald’s and OnlyFans would topple the state has been disproven.
Russia’s economy is dominated by oil and other extractive industries. It has a relatively small manufacturing sector. It’s not a manufacturing giant.