I wasn't sure, so I had to look it up. But, it seems like losvedir may be correct. According to these numbers [1], the U.S. was the largest single country econ

I wasn't sure, so I had to look it up. But, it seems like losvedir may be correct. According to these numbers [1], the U.S. was the largest single country economy several years before 1914. And, if these numbers can be trusted, its growth trajectory would have sustained that position even without WWI. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Maddison_statistics_of_the_ten_largest_economies_by_GDP_(PPP) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Maddison_statistics_of...