France, the UK, Spain, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, I would say. All clocked at 250+. Of course, we may split a lot of hairs discussing what "comparab

France, the UK, Spain, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, I would say. All clocked at 250+. Of course, we may split a lot of hairs discussing what "comparable" means. Certainly all of those were great powers, controlling distant shores and distant nations for long generations.