Cash reserves are the strength of Saudi Arabia, which was one of the countries with the highest per capita income in the world in the 1980s.

The yen has only just begun to appreciate, so the top five are the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, of which Saudi Arabia ranks fifth and is the only country with a population of over 10 million. As for the Five Eyes Alliance, they are all outside the top ten.

Even the level of the Kingdom of Libya is above the Five Eyes Alliance, and far more than the former suzerain country, Italy.

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