I’m 78% sure it’s C. Sorry if I’m wrong
<span>Mercury's distance at inferior conjunction is 0.61 AU
Looking at a table of orbits, Mercury has an orbital distance of 0.39 AU. So the inferior conjunction will be:
1 AU - 0.39 AU = 0.61 AU</span>
Answer: Small, stable population
Explanation: Superpowers tend to have a larger more bulky population compared to their counter-parts with a small more controllable population, (hence, stable.)