Tricky thing these facts you speak of.
There was at one point GB/Swe/VP/Pirates/Spain vs Russia and US (if you count them during EU times). Your numbers combined were superior to ours and the multi-flips flowed. Despite some hiccups and lost territory Russia remained determined to keep on going. There were times when we would only defend 2 out of 4 or 5 port battles at a time during multi-flips. Members of the NATO alliance it woud appear, did not have the stamina and slowly that alliance came apart for various reasons. I'm sure BASTD and GB could tell you all about it. To put things into perspective, not even 3 weeks ago Russia was multi flipped by 4 nations with 7 or 8 battles in a 2 hour time period.
So point being, this underdog SwEdeN iz a sMall nation crap is a bit disengenuous.
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I think this video is appropriate.