What country paid the heaviest price as a result of World War II?

It could
be argued that Great Britain paid the heaviest price as a result of. Before the war Great
Britain had an empire on which the sun never set. The expense of the war bankrupted the country.
They realized they could not afford to maintain the navy and army that would be needed to
control such a vast empire, especially since the U.S.S.R. and Communist China would be
sponsoring rebellions all over the...