Posted on 06/11/2007 6:45:35 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a convenient way of measuring and comparing the size of national economies. Annual GDP represents the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. Put differently:
GDP = consumption + investment + government spending + (exports – imports)
Although the economies of countries like China and India are growing at an incredible rate, the US remains the nation with the highest GDP in the world – and by far: US GDP is projected to be $13,22 trillion (or $13.220 billion) in 2007, according to this source. That’s almost as much as the economies of the next four (Japan, Germany, China, UK) combined.
The creator of this map has had the interesting idea to break down that gigantic US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries’ GDP. What follows, is this slightly misleading map – misleading, because the economies both of the US states and of the countries they are compared with are not weighted for their respective populations.
(Excerpt) Read more at strangemaps.wordpress.com ...
;-)
So does the People’s Republic of New Jersey as Russia.
With the flooding we’re going through right now, it feels a bit like the Philippines.
I imagine we will be seeing a lot more Citgo signs go up here in Iowa aka Venezuela. Not much of a difference between our governor and Chavez either.
What a neat idea. It makes for interesting browsing.
Arizona...
Thailand??
.....and here I thought is was the other way around...*smile*
...only not as humid yet......eh?
If you’ve ever been to Calgary, you’d know Texas has outposts up there already.
It feels like it’s over 90% RH. The Weather Center says it’s 81%, but it feels higher.
Well, there's equating my former home state of WA with Turkey! Totally appropriate for non-economic reasons, as well!
Now, NY is Brazil on that map, and the ironic thing is that my lady went to find her favorite Brazillian restaurant in Times Square on Saturday, and found that it had closed down.
Good thing there was a nice Irish pub near that location!
GO DENMARK COLTS!!!
France? Seems that GDP isn’t the only similarity....
“Pine Barrens Siberia”
Trenton
I live right next store to Trenton. Reminds me more of the DMZ between the Koreas, with a lovely state capital building on the river.
So does Australia and New Zealand
Was it Ipanema on West 46th? If so, I will miss that place.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.