I think Pakistan is the example you're looking for.

US spend a decade fighting in Afghanistan and 0 years in Pakistan despite UBL being in Pakistan.

Well, it’s not really that simple. Plenty of countries are still sovereign without nuclear weapons.

And even nuclear armed nations aren’t exactly able to use their weapons to devastate an opponents military - see Ukraine and Russia.

Next would be manufacturing your own smartphones. Sad that not making weapons and enslaving your own populace makes you subject to external countries.

Russia was the first nuclear armed state to lose territory to a retired comedian.

That is until some country proves that developing nukes means you no longer have a country.

It looks like it might even be Iran.