The authors make a case that China's GDP is overestimated from past night time studies so I ran an analysis on which country produces the most nighttime lights.
110 RUS 926043522.5
136 USA 816841431.0
24 CHN 541388528.0
21 CAN 537446163.4
16 BRA 259637239.0
62 IND 229451980.0
4 AUS 173842078.0
63 IRN 152673182.8
84 MEX 116989787.0
3 ARG 110292451.1
Russia is the real secret superpower?