> japan is a pretty small country It's not. It has the 11th most populous country in the world. Sure, it ranks lower in terms of area but it's still much large

> japan is a pretty small country It's not. It has the 11th most populous country in the world. Sure, it ranks lower in terms of area but it's still much larger than a median nation state. Japan is actually slightly larger than Germany. Nobody ever says Germany is a pretty small country.