It has long been true that California on its own would rank as one of the biggest economies in the world. At present it would rank 8th, falling between Italy and Brazil on a nominal exchange-rate basis. But how do other American states compare with other countries? Taking the nearest equivalent country from 2009 data reveals some surprises. Who would have thought that despite years of car-industry hardship, Michigan’s economy is about the same size as the whole of Taiwan’s
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January 31, 2011 at 6:42 am
Columbia.
January 31, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Georgia.
January 31, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Aw, we’re neighbors.
February 2, 2011 at 1:48 pm
We’re already neighbours anyway, you don’t need a passport to pass the Hungarian border any more and Hungary is very small, it’s only about the size of Austria without its penis. We think of Hungary as a rural extension of Vienna.
February 4, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Awesome, I’m in Austria right now.
February 4, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Sweet. We’re doing pretty well, right? I feel like even if I were poor I don’t have to worry about having a good life. Although I don’t know how flexible it is in Georgia right now.
January 31, 2011 at 4:12 pm
in soviet texas, the jerbs turk you
February 4, 2011 at 5:55 pm
so true so true and time away from school
February 4, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Drinking wine bitches.
February 4, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Right on Angola! Only without all the revolution and stuff!
February 4, 2011 at 6:15 pm
… wait isn’t iraq kind of part of the US?
February 4, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Yemen?
Yemem??
Yemen?!?!?
Those no income tax douchebags in New Hampshire get to be Ecuador, and Vermont has to be Yemen?
Shit is not right, ya’ll.
February 4, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I’m glad Canada isn’t on that map!
February 4, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Yay New Zealand!
February 4, 2011 at 11:23 pm
I love being Taiwan.
February 4, 2011 at 11:54 pm
WV is in more trouble than I realized, but then there is all that coal…I mean oil.
February 5, 2011 at 2:26 am
All i really know about Finland is that they make alright Gothic metal and decent porn.