Nations " emerging"....

• India, the emerging nation democracy
• China, the new great power emerging
• Brazil, another emerging nation,

And, somewhere a few blocks back I indicated that a few comments on these three emerging nations would be called for.
If we take India of 1948, including Pakistan and Bangladesh we arrive at a population figure of .../ etc.

I have tried to work on some comments,  regarding India, Brazil,The Russian Federation,China...generally referred to as the BRIC Nations.
Brazil, the  waste of resources and some of the effects on the local indigenous population;
Russia, worlds largest country
India, rapidly changing largest decocracy in the world
China, similar size to the USA, 1.7 Billion inhabitants, 360 million in the states.
Where to start ?