Tbh history is interesting like that. Every nation goes through the motions. Some never rise up from the dust, like Babylon for instance and other empires. They glimmer in the sunlight one day and the next their begging for their sovreingty back from the EU like the empire i live in that the sun has finally set on.In the history books whites sound like alphas, nowadays they are like betas.
I guess the Cadaans are feeling that heat now too. Maybe china will be the next superpower.