Tuesday, 5 October 2010

US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDP's

I found this map interesting because it shows all the US states renamed as countries with similar GDP's, this not only shows how huge America's economy is but also the individual states as well. As you can see California has a similar GDP to France and would be the eighth largest economy if it was a separate country. This map also shows the huge variety of economic output state by state and that America as a whole has an equal GDP to 50 different countries all ranked within the top 100 of the worlds economy.
This also brings up an interesting question as to where all this wealth is going with still many problems in America surrounding health care, housing, homeless people etc, so California is the same as France and Texas the same as Canada but both of those countries health systems can be seen to be vastly superior and more accomodating than America as a whole.
It also shows how separate states can be and really show that America is one country but also that it is made up of seperate and individual "united states".

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