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Italy, France, and Spain are the three European Union member states with the largest military, measured by the number of service personnel. As of 2020, Italy had ** active service personnel, while France had slightly less at **. Other large European countries had significantly smaller militaries, with Poland, the fourth-largest military in the EU, having a larger force than Germany, the largest EU country by population size. While the number of military personnel is a good indicator of the importance which a country places on national defense, in modern warfare it is not an accurate representation of military power (i.e., the ability to defeat another country in a war). Instead, this is largely determined by military-technological prowess, such as in advanced weaponry and other equipment.