You map is of 2006. China has gaine a lot in last 2 years, and US probably lost quite a bit. Taiwan and HongKong are part of China, so according to the first map, China would take Georgia and LA as well. I am wondering whether Asia is close to North America. China(including Hong Kong and Taiwan)+Japan+South Korea_India maybe close to USA+Canada
you may not be impressed but if you have this picture in time dimension and see how china is spreading over time you will get scared to say the least...
Sure China has half the GDP and 5 times of population, but you need to put it on a time scale as well. Some stocks trade with P/E=3, and some trade at P/E=300. is it fair? People look at futures. I am not saying that China is so dominant now, but things could change in 10 ,20, 30 or 100 years.
Way to put things into perspective. You gave a link to Lists??? At least you could give a link to states GDP...