10% on defense spending? That’s insanely high. Even the US only spends 3.2% of GDP directly on “defense”.
A Swiss like preparation for guerilla warfare that pretty much makes an invasion impossible (but no attack capabilities) is really cheap and much preferable.
Lets say 10 people in an economy (maybe in reality this could be 1 person = 10 million person-years, so a country with 100 million working ppl):
10% on defense spending? That’s insanely high. Even the US only spends 3.2% of GDP directly on “defense”.
A Swiss like preparation for guerilla warfare that pretty much makes an invasion impossible (but no attack capabilities) is really cheap and much preferable.
P.S.: And you forgot about primary production ;)