Geopolitics

One country has received $350 billion in direct subsidies and about a $1 trillion in indirect support and labour, the other country is the most sanctioned country on Earth. Can you guess which one is which on this per capita GDP chart?!

Okay, so there's a person on X who is constantly promoting Poland. I get it, Poland is great, it's an economic miracle that grows fast while other economies, like Germany, stagnate.

However, when you start to compare Poland to anything else other than a few anemic states, like Germany, really is a bit different. 

So I compared it to another post-soviet state, Russia. And here's a shocker, Russia grew it's GDP faster in the last 25 years, despite most of the world sanctioning it, with the US and Europe throwing sanctions for the last 11 years (from 2014). As of this moment, Russia is the most sanctioned county in the world with 24,000 sanctions, and while second most sanctioned country, Iran, only has 5000 sanctions. And despite waging a war for the last 3 years.

Here's what the economic data says:

Poland: Total GDP (PPP) grew by approximately 365.4% from 2000 to 2025, increasing from $453.24 billion to $2,109.58 billion.
Russia: Total GDP (PPP) grew by approximately 424.4% from 2000 to 2025, increasing from $1,359.80 billion to $7,130.00 billion.

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Imagine the growth without such opposition and headwinds.