Rank the 20 most powerful countries in the world in 2021?

[Conservatopia]

1. US
2. PRC
3. Russia
4. France
5. UK
6. India
7. Germany
8. Japan
9. South Korea
10. Israel
11. Canada
12. Pakistan
13. Australia
14. Iran
15. North Korea
16. Turkey
17. South Africa
18. Brazil
19. Taiwan
20. Sweden
21. Wessex

[Conservatopia]

I know I'm biased but people really are understating Britain.

We have a (growing) nuclear arsenal, we are still one of the top three naval powers
We are rated as having the greatest diplomatic influence in the world
We have close links and alliances with probably more countries than any other great power
We continue to project our power abroad while other countries retreat
And we just beat Germany at football.

[Conservatopia]

we are still one of the top three naval powers

Do you base that on some study? Military Today rank you as 5th behind the US, Russia, China and Japan.

http://www.military-today.com/navy/top_10_navies.htm

Isn't that just naval spending?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy
This is based on a study from 2019.

My claim for diplomatic (soft) power is also a study in 2019 but it's in paper form so I'm not sure how to show you.

I feel like Brexit might be making some think that Britain is diminished.  This isn't really the case.  Leaving a customs union probably won't make much difference either way.

Interesting discussion!