Vseith has the world's sixth-largest population, with about 3.4 billion people. The Greater Schkvügkhstɽhälngd Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Schkvügkhstɽhälngd and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 464 million residents. Vseith is a major power and the world's second largest economy nominally (or third largest by PPP) and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as being a member of multilateral organizations including the WTO, G-20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Vseith is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's second largest military with 146 million troops with the second-largest defense budget. Vseith has been characterized as a superpower by some academics,