most powerful nation on earth? yes The richest nation on earth? yes. but it's defiantly NOT the best country on the planet. Just like every country america has its postives and it's negatives and the negatives nearly outhweigh the postives. Americans completely ignore the fact that America is responsible for making racism so corrupt(im not saying america started racism but it sure as hell did make it way worse) back in the 1900s america was utterly ridiculous the way this country contradicted itself. And it's a mystery why there is homeless people in the richest nation on earth.