Answer: Its economic base was agriculture.
It lacked a modern transportation system. It lacked a substantial wealthy class.
The central powers consisted mostly of nazi Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary.
Allied powers consisted of United States, Great Britain, Russia (USSR), France, Poland... pretty much the rest of the world. (This is for WW2 if you want WW1 message me or comment on this). Hope this helped!
I would also go with D.) Mutually assured destruction.
This whole idea mainly started during the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union didn't want to use their nuclear weapons because they feared that if they did, the other side would retaliate. Ultimately, both sides would lose everything.
With a hit of the “hammer” on the piece of wood.
This is what popped up when I searched it up