
Found here, via here, via here.
Rankings below the fold, via the third link, of course.
California, it is often said, would be the worlds 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.
Texas economy is significantly smaller, exactly half of Californias, as its GDP compares to that of Canada (#10, $1,08 trillion).
Florida also does well, with its GDP comparable to Asian tiger South Koreas (#13 at $786 billion).
Illinois Mexico (GDP #14 at $741 billion)
New Jersey Russia (GDP #15 at $733 billion)
Ohio Australia (GDP #16 at $645 billion)
New York Brazil (GDP #17 at $621 billion)
Pennsylvania Netherlands (GDP #18 at $613 billion)
Georgia Switzerland (GDP #19 at $387 billion)
North Carolina Sweden (GDP #20 at $371 billion)
Massachusetts Belgium (GDP #21 at $368 billion)
Washington Turkey (GDP #22 at $358 billion)
Virginia Austria (GDP #24 at $309 billion)
Tennessee Saudi Arabia (GDP #25 at $286 billion)
Missouri Poland (GDP #26 at $265 billion)
Louisiana Indonesia (GDP #27 at $264 billion)
Minnesota Norway (GDP #28 at $262 billion)
Indiana Denmark (GDP #29 at $256 billion)
Connecticut Greece (GDP #30 at $222 billion)
Michigan Argentina (GDP #31 at $210 billion)
Nevada Ireland (GDP #32 at $203 billion)
Wisconsin South Africa (GDP #33 at $200 billion)
Arizona Thailand (GDP #34 at $197 billion)
Colorado Finland (GDP #35 at $196 billion)
Alabama Iran (GDP #36 at $195 billion)
Maryland Hong Kong (#37 at $187 billion GDP)
Kentucky Portugal (GDP #38 at $177 billion)
Iowa Venezuela (GDP #39 at $148 billion)
Kansas Malaysia (GDP #40 at $132 billion)
Arkansas Pakistan (GDP #41 at $124 billion)
Oregon Israel (GDP #42 at $122 billion)
South Carolina Singapore (GDP #43 at $121 billion)
Nebraska Czech Republic (GDP #44 at $119 billion)
New Mexico Hungary (GDP #45 at $113 billion)
Mississippi Chile (GDP #48 at $100 billion)
DC New Zealand (#49 at $99 billion GDP)
Oklahoma Philippines (GDP #50 at $98 billion)
West Virginia Algeria (GDP #51 at $92 billion)
Hawaii Nigeria (GDP #53 at $83 billion)
Idaho Ukraine (GDP #54 at $81 billion)
Delaware Romania (#55 at $79 billion GDP)
Utah Peru (GDP #56 at $76 billion)
New Hampshire Bangladesh (GDP #57 at $69 billion)
Maine Morocco (GDP #59 at $57 billion)
Rhode Island Vietnam (GDP #61 at $48 billion)
South Dakota Croatia (GDP #66 at $37 billion)
Montana Tunisia (GDP #69 at $33 billion)
North Dakota Ecuador (GDP #70 at $32 billion)
Alaska Belarus (GDP #73 at $29 billion)
Vermont Dominican Republic (GDP #81 at $20 billion)
Wyoming Uzbekistan (GDP #101 at $11 billion)
And here's the blog post associated with it:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/
Froz, notice what state is our President of the Senate and occasional delegee of executive functions from?
The correlation with Uzbekistan is an uncanny fortuity, as Cheney manifests a similar predilection for authoritarian control.
Posted by: TokyoTom at June 26, 2007 12:59 AMSorry, this isn't very plausible on its face. New York has a smaller economy than New Jersey? Uhh... No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
So... France *is* the sixth largest economy after all (followed by Italy and Spain at about half its size), and the economy of Brazil (New York) *is* considerably larger than that of Russia (New Jersey). Don't know how accurate the map is -- there's certainly some rounding going on -- but the big errors seem to be in the commentary.
Posted by: Alex F at June 26, 2007 01:09 AMActually, maybe I take that back. Brazil is only a little bigger than Russia, while New York's economy is more than double New Jersey's. Who the heck knows what's going on here. I'm not going to waste more time on this.
Posted by: Alex F at June 26, 2007 01:12 AMI'm more interested in the new and exciting wars this map offers. Turkey/Israel jumps out at you, but it's a bit obvious. However, Bangladesh/Belgium? Peru/Finland? South Africa/Mexico? It's pure awesome.
And then there's the Muslim crescent surrounding Chilessippi.
Posted by: apostropher at June 26, 2007 03:03 AMGiven that the map lists Hong Kong as a separate country, it's entirely possible that it was created before 1997 when Hong Kong went back to China and oil cost $20 a barrel. That'll certainly shift around relative GDPs.
Posted by: Jake at June 26, 2007 03:11 AMWhat's with all these square states totally bringing the low-rent economies? Some red staters need to step it up if they want to be taken seriously as capitalists.
Posted by: Robust McManlyPants at June 26, 2007 09:14 AMWe will liberate Croatia and restore its name to South Ecuador.
Posted by: froz gobo at June 26, 2007 09:38 AM