Country A: Largest country by land area on earth, amongst the largest relevant natural resource reserves on earth, major global economy, has growing ties with the increasingly ascendant global superpower who has vested interest in its stability, 150 million in population, currently winning war without mass mobilization or pivot to war economy, has already survived plethora of sanctions, is pivotal supplier of resources to western capitalist nations
Country B: One of poorest and most corrupt nations in Europe, has recently had a political coup, has ongoing rebel insurgencies dating to more that 10 years ago, not insignificant proportion of population is more sympathetic to Country A than Country B, 20% of land area currently occupied by Country A, 20% of occupied land area is most resource rich area of Country B, 20% of occupied land is most fertile area of Country B, has been resorting to forced conscription for multiple years straight, has 1/3 the population of Country A, is essentially irrelevant on global economic scale, has little to no utility to western capitalist nations beyond being a buffer state to Country A, undergoing significant demographic and economic collapse
If you are a braindead western liberal, the answer is obviously Country A
Ah but you forget, Country A is bad guys and Country B is good guys, which means that according to western liberal theory (marvel movies) the bad guy country will lose.
Which country will collapse first?
Country A: Largest country by land area on earth, amongst the largest relevant natural resource reserves on earth, major global economy, has growing ties with the increasingly ascendant global superpower who has vested interest in its stability, 150 million in population, currently winning war without mass mobilization or pivot to war economy, has already survived plethora of sanctions, is pivotal supplier of resources to western capitalist nations
Country B: One of poorest and most corrupt nations in Europe, has recently had a political coup, has ongoing rebel insurgencies dating to more that 10 years ago, not insignificant proportion of population is more sympathetic to Country A than Country B, 20% of land area currently occupied by Country A, 20% of occupied land area is most resource rich area of Country B, 20% of occupied land is most fertile area of Country B, has been resorting to forced conscription for multiple years straight, has 1/3 the population of Country A, is essentially irrelevant on global economic scale, has little to no utility to western capitalist nations beyond being a buffer state to Country A, undergoing significant demographic and economic collapse
If you are a braindead western liberal, the answer is obviously Country A
Ah but you forget, Country A is bad guys and Country B is good guys, which means that according to western liberal theory (marvel movies) the bad guy country will lose.