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The Lindy Effect predicts that their future life expectancies are proportional to their current ages. Although the People's Republic of China was founded in 1

The Lindy Effect predicts that their future life expectancies are proportional to their current ages. Although the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, China has been around in one form or another since 1600BC. The USA has only been around since 1776 (or 1783).

msaharia 8y ago
People existed in the American landmass before 1776 too. ;)
- bilbo0s 8y ago
  In fairness, most of those were Native Americans. Most of those nations are already, effectively, gone.