I remember years ago talking to a FReeper from England who was telling me how (impressively) big Great Britain was....he said, that from the tip in the south to the tip north of Scotland the distance was 610 miles.
I told him that when I travel west on I-10 and cross into Texas from Louisiana there's a sign that says El Paso, 857 miles.
I also told him that when you get to El Paso, you're still in Texas.
Never heard from him again.
I can fit 4 Great Britains in Alberta.
The Brits seem to evaluate everything according to how things are in GB.
I was in England when the story of Jessica Lynch hit. Watching it on the BBC was a hoot. The real story to their reporters was how amazingly incredibly far her hometown (in West Virginia) was from Washington DC.