GDP map Of the US States

Quite interesting....

- original map
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/

- recent revision
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/135-update-on-the-gdp-map-of-the-usa/

1. California, it is often said, would be the world's sixth- or seventh-largest economy if it was a separate country. Actually, that would be the eighth, according to this map, as France (with a GDP of $2,15 trillion) is #8 on the aforementioned list.
2. Texas¡z economy is significantly smaller, exactly half of California's, as its GDP compares to that of Canada (#10, $1,08 trillion).
3. Florida also does well, with its GDP comparable to Asian tiger South Korea's (#13 at $786 billion).
4. Illinois ¡V Mexico (GDP #14 at $741 billion)
5. New Jersey ¡V Russia (GDP #15 at $733 billion)
6. Ohio ¡V Australia (GDP #16 at $645 billion)
7. New York ¡V Brazil (GDP #17 at $621 billion)
8. Pennsylvania ¡V Netherlands (GDP #18 at $613 billion)
9. Georgia ¡V Switzerland (GDP #19 at $387 billion)
10. North Carolina ¡V Sweden (GDP #20 at $371 billion)
11. Massachusetts ¡V Belgium (GDP #21 at $368 billion)
12. Washington ¡V Turkey (GDP #22 at $358 billion)
13. Virginia ¡V Austria (GDP #24 at $309 billion)
14. Tennessee ¡V Saudi Arabia (GDP #25 at $286 billion)
15. Missouri ¡V Poland (GDP #26 at $265 billion)
16. Louisiana ¡V Indonesia (GDP #27 at $264 billion)
17. Minnesota ¡V Norway (GDP #28 at $262 billion)
18. Indiana ¡V Denmark (GDP #29 at $256 billion)
19. Connecticut ¡V Greece (GDP #30 at $222 billion)
20. Michigan ¡V Argentina (GDP #31 at $210 billion)
21. Nevada ¡V Ireland (GDP #32 at $203 billion)
22. Wisconsin ¡V South Africa (GDP #33 at $200 billion)
23. Arizona ¡V Thailand (GDP #34 at $197 billion)
24. Colorado ¡V Finland (GDP #35 at $196 billion)
25. Alabama ¡V Iran (GDP #36 at $195 billion)
26. Maryland ¡V Hong Kong (#37 at $187 billion GDP)
27. Kentucky ¡V Portugal (GDP #38 at $177 billion)
28. Iowa ¡V Venezuela (GDP #39 at $148 billion)
29. Kansas ¡V Malaysia (GDP #40 at $132 billion)
30. Arkansas ¡V Pakistan (GDP #41 at $124 billion)
31. Oregon ¡V Israel (GDP #42 at $122 billion)
32. South Carolina ¡V Singapore (GDP #43 at $121 billion)
33. Nebraska ¡V Czech Republic (GDP #44 at $119 billion)
34. New Mexico ¡V Hungary (GDP #45 at $113 billion)
35. Mississippi ¡V Chile (GDP #48 at $100 billion)
36. DC ¡V New Zealand (#49 at $99 billion GDP)
37. Oklahoma ¡V Philippines (GDP #50 at $98 billion)
38. West Virginia ¡V Algeria (GDP #51 at $92 billion)
39. Hawaii ¡V Nigeria (GDP #53 at $83 billion)
40. Idaho ¡V Ukraine (GDP #54 at $81 billion)
41. Delaware ¡V Romania (#55 at $79 billion GDP)
42. Utah ¡V Peru (GDP #56 at $76 billion)
43. New Hampshire ¡V Bangladesh (GDP #57 at $69 billion)
44. Maine ¡V Morocco (GDP #59 at $57 billion)
45. Rhode Island ¡V Vietnam (GDP #61 at $48 billion)
46. South Dakota ¡V Croatia (GDP #66 at $37 billion)
47. Montana ¡V Tunisia (GDP #69 at $33 billion)
48. North Dakota ¡V Ecuador (GDP #70 at $32 billion)
49. Alaska ¡V Belarus (GDP #73 at $29 billion)
50. Vermont ¡V Dominican Republic (GDP #81 at $20 billion)
51. Wyoming ¡V Uzbekistan (GDP #101 at $11 billion)

 

Nice post.

Akuma

 

super nice post

so iran is about as economically powerful as alabama and yet poses the greatest existential risk to humanity - yeah whatever stfu.