Among the many countries of the world, few possessed the potential to become great powers. The United States was undoubtedly one blessed by heaven. The barriers of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean guaranteed the security of its homeland. With no powerful nations around it, the United States could devote all its strength to outward expansion. It could be said that these favorable conditions were precisely why the United States was called the chosen nation. America's rise in another time and space was inseparably linked to these factors.
India likewise possessed the potential to become a great power. It had vast territory, an enormous population base, and highly favorable surrounding geography. To the north, the towering Himalayan Mountains blocked its enemies. Nor were there any powerful countries nearby. Yet India's tragedy was that, from ancient times to the present, it had always been in a state of conquest. The nomadic peoples of Central Asia repeatedly invaded southward, while India's native inhabitants were simply no match for them and remained enslaved. Because of this, India's native inhabitants had always occupied the very bottom of the social hierarchy. Those foreign peoples, on the other hand, had always stood at the very top of society.
After the Age of Discovery began, Western colonizers started invading the entire world. India naturally became an object for those colonizers to compete over. After a fierce struggle of slaughter and strife among the Western colonizers, Britain emerged victorious and took control of all India. But this was hardly a good thing for Indians. At the time, the British Empire was at the height of its splendor. It frantically plundered wealth from India, further strengthening Britain's national power. India's native inhabitants repeatedly tried to resist, only to be brutally suppressed by the British. The Indian Uprising of