Who would you say was the best all round sporting nation in the world?

if you take into account the following sports

association football(soccer)

rugby(league and union)

cricket

tennis

athletics

etc



also take into account the olympic games and sports that are not universally played by every country ie (american football,aussie rules football, ice hockey etc)

taking everything into account who would you say was the world biggest/best sporting nation and whyWho would you say was the best all round sporting nation in the world?
Well historically you would have to say the German Democratic Republic -- no one else has ever come close to their ratio of Olympic medals to population. Not that I necessarily approve of the methods they used to achieve this.



But realistically -- your question is impossible to answer. The selection of sports can't help but be biased -- nothing is popular everywhere. Even association football only ranks as fifth or sixth in North America. And why cricket instead of baseball (?) -- baseball is universally popular throughout the Western Hemisphere.Who would you say was the best all round sporting nation in the world?
It's American Football for me. Just visit www.yanksguide.com and then you'd get how it is important.