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
Columbia.
Georgia.
Aw, we’re neighbors.
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.
Awesome, I’m in Austria right now.
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.
in soviet texas, the jerbs turk you
so true so true and time away from school
Drinking wine bitches.
Right on Angola! Only without all the revolution and stuff!
… wait isn’t iraq kind of part of the US?
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.
I’m glad Canada isn’t on that map!
Yay New Zealand!
I love being Taiwan.
WV is in more trouble than I realized, but then there is all that coal…I mean oil.
All i really know about Finland is that they make alright Gothic metal and decent porn.