Bear Ribs
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Getting away from the currently popular suspects, I'm reasonably sure the US could take Prydain but it would be one heck of a fight. Without Drynwyn (which can't be used by anyone save those of noble worth, and has been missing so long even the Wise think it's an old wive's tale) it's impossible to kill Cauldron-Born, but on the other hand they grow steadily weaker the further they get from the Black Cauldron so they're basically a very tough nut to crack but won't be able to casually trample over the US military. On the flipside there's a decent array of magics they can use, Arawn's ability to shapeshift into anything will give him some significant infiltration powers, Hen Wen can predict the future, Menwy the Bard has some kind of Detect Truth power going on, and Eilonwy has a range of enchanting powers. We see a pretty decent mix without anything being too crazy. the Huntsmen of Annuvin are straight up an army of Captain America-tier fighters, and each time one of them is killed the rest of them grow stronger so they're going to get dangerous quite fast, though the lack of numbers will hurt them in the long run.
Overall Prydain has a ridiculously wide range of relatively minor powers that would let them sucker punch the US with Out-Of-Context attacks over and over again but nothing that they could actually finish it with.
Xanth is an interesting (and as you get into the series, increasingly creepy) case because although they have every superpower under the sun up to and including reality warping, and could easily stop the US cold, they won't because their system is dependent on being conquered periodically to bring in fresh human genetic material. They can't actually counter-attack because E(A/R)th doesn't like X(A\N)th's magic powers messing with its physics powers and tries to push magic out, with the border where they meet generating Floridaman.
Overall Xanth can be ridiculously powerful but has no particular reason to try to stop the US, who couldn't actually do anything in the long term. Instead, they'd work for a cultural victory and turn invading armies into something that respected Xanthian culture, and assimilate them. So a win for the US kinda...
Overall Prydain has a ridiculously wide range of relatively minor powers that would let them sucker punch the US with Out-Of-Context attacks over and over again but nothing that they could actually finish it with.
Xanth is an interesting (and as you get into the series, increasingly creepy) case because although they have every superpower under the sun up to and including reality warping, and could easily stop the US cold, they won't because their system is dependent on being conquered periodically to bring in fresh human genetic material. They can't actually counter-attack because E(A/R)th doesn't like X(A\N)th's magic powers messing with its physics powers and tries to push magic out, with the border where they meet generating Floridaman.
Overall Xanth can be ridiculously powerful but has no particular reason to try to stop the US, who couldn't actually do anything in the long term. Instead, they'd work for a cultural victory and turn invading armies into something that respected Xanthian culture, and assimilate them. So a win for the US kinda...