극초강대국

Also known as world power, foremost power

thumb|upright=1.3|Countries with military bases and facilities of the United States The term hyperpower has been used by political scientists and historians to describe an uncontested superpower, although the use of the concept is inconsistent. French foreign minister Hubert Védrine coined the term in 1999 to describe what he saw as the historically-unparalleled influence and might that were held by the United States at the turn of the century.