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Hilsener Fra Danmark
you too?
Greetings from Denmark.
Greetings from Norway
another greeting from norway
yay sweden, a full scandinavia!
With your power combined I become… CAPTAIN SCANDINAVIA!!!!
We’re just leaving finland out of it?
If it’s gonna be just the peninsula, denmark’s not really a part of it.
Eh.. Denmark is a part of Scandinavia aswell.
Finland was too drunk to show up.
Finland is there….but what about Spain. Wine, olives…bulls?
Finland isn’t part of scandinavia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia
You did not look at figure one, did you?
Greetings from Finland, Now we are Team Scandinavia. We just need an Iceland
Ecuador is spelled wrong, and Hong Kong is not a country.
way to add to the discussion there.
Hong Kong is like Singapore, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City etc. So it is.
Singapore and San Marino are actually countries, Monaco is a city-state. So, no it is not.
Actually, Monaco is a sovereign principality whose sovereignty was recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861. So, yes, it is.
Mississippi is one of the poorest states and they get Hong Kong. How do we get stuck as Bangladesh? Totally Bass-Ackwards. We may be small, but we have all your credit card payments…
That’s Alabama rated at Hong Kong, genius. Nice to know that Delaware is doing such a great job with public education.
That being said, a redux with per Capita GDP would be cool.
Yes, GDP doesn’t mean much. A state with a tiny very rich population ends up looking poor, and a state with a huge poor population ends up looking rich.
Greetings from Switzerland
Greetings from Brazil ^^
seriously, I’m brazilian (y)
You should be proud to be Bangladesh. They kicked @$$ when fighting for their independence from Pakistan, and it’s a beautiful, lush country. Although the people get eaten by tigers all the time…
(chiste)
Close! Hong Kong is not technically a micro-state, but you’re right in the self-sustained economy and law/law-enforcement. Very close thought process though, good one.
missing the point this is a rather poignant map…spelling poor as it is
yes it is
Oh yes, Hong Kong is a country. If you are going to troll, do it right.
It’s nice to see that Hong Kong and Taiwan are still side by side in solidarity.
ASSASSINATE THE PRIME MINISTER OF OREGON!!!
RELAX!…
Hahahahaha!
France of course declined to participate.
Of course, any state wanted to be compared to us.
That does not parse in English without modification. By the miracle that is Google Translate, I present:
Bien sûr, tout Etat a voulu se comparer à nous.
Of course, every state has wanted to look at us.
Much better.
France’s GDP is higher than that of any one single US state. Assholes.
Woot woot !
(Au fait tu as piqué mon précédent pseudo, c’est pas cool !)
And it’s total amount of slurring is far above all fifty, as well as the extra territories, combined.
I’ve studied French.
If you’re not slurring, you’re not pronouncing it correctly.
Then again, the French pronounce and spell their language fare better than Americans do.
Irony intended.
We do understand ourselves, so apparently that doesn’t really matters to us. We found it more original to have a accentuation-less language.
Original or too lazy to learn all the proper accents?
Hahaha, not hating, but I know 6 languages and English is by far the easiest.
Cool! Unfortunately, because I’m a stupid American, I don’t know enough about these countries to extrapolate gdp information about the states. Is the Ukraine a good country to match Utah’s GDP? Or should we be thinking, “My goodness, why is CA so inefficient compared to Italy?” Why is Russia so inefficent when compared to New York?
If nothing else, thank you for the honesty. It’s refreshing! No seriously, no sarcasm, no condescension, it’s truly appreciated. and you giving this much thought to the commentary here proves you’re NOT stupid just without resource. That can be fixed! go interwebs, GO!
The problem is that Italy’s GDP is actually $300bn or 15% bigger than California’s.
Who came up with these stats?
And Russia’s is also 15% bigger than New York’s.
Or 100% bigger on ‘Purchasing Parity’.
I’m calling ‘Shenanigans’ on whoever came up with these comparisons!
I googled the map and couldn’t find any attribution – but it’s at least a year old or more…
In Soviet *New York* GDP renames you.
It’s 15% but by the numbers, California generally spends theirs better than Italy…which is really, really sad ’cause we’re really bad with money in the Golden State.
Though Italy…Italy’s got some fantastic issues with where money actually goes.
Well, yes it does. But I’m still glad to have San Francisco in my country now, because I think it’s one of the most European cities in the US. Plus, it has a tram line, I believe (if that’s the word you use for it)? Couldn’t be more Italian than that!
Hi from Italy! Yes, CA and Italy have quite the same GDP, but consider first that we’re about 60 million people, u are about 36 million, so pro-capita data is in your favor and second that euro is getting stronger and stronger on us dollar, this goes in our favor… Conclusion: guys, come in Italy to spend your holiday so we will equalize the pro-capita GDP and u’ll have a lot of fun!
Ciao!!
Man, I love Italy. I live just north of the Alps, and it’s just about 4 hours by car from here to Verona (if there’s no jam), but I somehow never get around to taking a few days off… I should go, though, because there’s no dolce vita like you’ve got over here in Germania… Venezia would be nice, Roma, too. And Firenze! *sigh*
Sono d’accordo!! Dovrebbero proprio venir qui a divertirsi!!!
Translation for non-Italian speakers: I agree! They should totally come here and have fun!!
Ciao!
Yep dude, the Ukraine is a good country. Any other questions?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/21182
here’s another one of those, one from 2007
I guess I moved from Canada to Brazil.
Believe me there are a lot of actual Canadians who move to Brazil. At least is not so bad as moving from Australia to Kazanhstan
I actually live in NZ, so our country has moved from Maryland (I think) to Arkansas.Strange.
Funny thing is, the largest country in Iowa is Kossuth.
However, doesn’t Nevada have a rather large ‘GDP’ due to Vegas? I don’t think Hungary’s is that big in comparison, and I’M from Hungary myself…
The secret world of Vegas, interesting
Remarkably, though Vegas does take in a great deal of revenue, the spending on the state balances it out because of the sheer size of NV. Though it’s population overall isn’t as considerable as say Ca or NY, it still does business. Vegas makes up a good deal of the income tax and entertainment revenue, but it’s not all the state has to offer and doesn’t cover all its expenditures.
Don’t forget that the rest of Nevada is mostly mountains and desert. There is Las Vegas and Reno, and that’s about it, no other major metropolitan areas. Also, it has about 1/4 the population of Hungary.
Don’t say “stupid American”. Tautology…
It can’t be a tautology if “arrogant American” is also a tautology. Make up your minds!
well you can be stupid and arrogant at the same time. So what’s your point?
Mine’s on the top of my head.
No, Arrogant FRENCH is a tautology. Just like drunk Russian ‘n stuff.
Look at you Americans before saying that !
(Fail, I do look arrogant now…)
Since I’m not french I can say that!
Look at you Americans before saying that! Being so arrogant you’re know as “Americans” when you’re just a part of the continent. SHAME ON YOU!
Yes, but our country does stretch all the way across said continent, and we are the only country on the continent with the word America in our official name.
This argument is getting old.
We are called americans because the name of our country is United States of America.
It is i believe because back in the day when we were first called americans it was before the continents were all mapped and named, and our country was known as America, rather than U.S.A.
The UK still call themselves british and irish, why aren’t you calling your selves Kingdomites?
???
Whoo Netherlands!
Which state is that? (too lazy to look up)
It’s Illinois. I’m from the Netherlands too. =]
Illinois is the state. Chicago is the major city.
Yeah. The Netherlands rock. We took over Chicago
You can keep it.
Chicago will henceforth be known as Nieuw Amsterdam.
And Illinois as Nieuw Holland
And soon the US will be Nieuw Holland >:D
WE WILL PWN THE WORLD one state at a time. what shall we start with?
Dunno… Illinois?
Which city in IL will be renamed Wirdumerdraai?
Nope, sorry, already is a Nieuw Amsterdam. The English may have changed the name, but the charter still says Nieuw Amsterdam.
I miss germany there.
Now, now … don’t cry!
Hitler didn’t want to participate (don’t take this literally for the douchebags).
ha ha!
germans are Canadians?
makes no sense anyway, hitler was austrian. and austria is on the map
Simple: Germany’s GDP is higher than that of any one single US state, therefore it can’t be on that map.
germany is not a real country
Er… would you mind to explain that?
I also want an explanation.
Grüsse auf den Schweiz. (Greetings from Switzerland)
(Google translator)
*der
lol my grammars r bad.
hehe macht doch nüt. da wird die vill übler Sprach no verstande – wännd wotsch wüsse was i mein, gang uf d lolcats siite
iiverschtande!
Ah well – as I fight on lolcats site to understand that as a swiss – I am really used to it.
“Greetings to switzerland” would be translated to german as “Grüsse in die Schweiz” or “Grüess id Schwiiz” in swiss german (altought swiss german has no official grammar – its just phonetic writing)
You can’t get Germany. The top one is Italy.
Somebody should do a “GDP per Capita” one!
There’s a similar map of Europe, with all the countries sorted according to their GDP… see this here: http://tinyurl.com/yqc83w
sorry, just had to do that one …
Funny!
I’m Belgish (is that what you call them?), apparently.
Belgian isn’t it?
Perfect example of American intelligence, no?
I am dutch
Only when it’s on it’s side.
So you are part of our new colony, shame I don’t know what state it is. You better hope we don’t find out soon… Our last colony still regrets we did.
Dear Americans,
please don’t start dropping nukes on Tennessee. It’s not really Iran.
On the other hand side…
win
hahahhahaa!
lmfao rofl. But you are too late. :’(
But… that would explain SOOO much!
Ireland gets its money from cheese too? shouldn’t that be SWISS-erland?
ba-dum-bump *clash*
i though you got your money from….. we have no money in ireland…..
But sooo friendly people! A complete difference to switzerland where I am from. Was on holidays in Ireland in April. Wonderful nature (Killarney national park).
Yeah, it makes absolutely perfect sense that WI be classified as Ireland, we’re about as Irish as any state could possibly be.
Ummmm, isn’t Hewlett Packard still headquartered in Ireland? Along with Compaq? And all of my printer ink says product of Ireland. Seeing the price of that stuff, the country HAS to have some money.
In all seriousness, I love Ireland. In fact, my avatar is a pic I took at Newgrange.
Hong Kong is a country now?
I was hoping for Seattle/Washington but I’m not a darn dane with porridge in my mouth but a swede so it’s Michigan. Hm. Detroit rock city. eh. might not be so bad.
Porridge is awesome.
Don’t diss porridge, dude
how the f*ck does Virginia have the GDP of Saudi Arabia?
Northern VA and Va Beach area are quite lucrative. There are quite a few high technology/Government contractors there. Also, the greater Richmond area has quite a bit of wealth.
More bollocks.
Saudi Arabia’s GDP is $440bn compared to Virginia’s $397bn. And that’s before oil shot above $100 a barrel.
Is there a state’s GDP here that has actually been massively rounded DOWN to the country it’s being compared to?
It’s only 10% out. Which I’d say is close enough for something like this.
Wow! Thank you for putting New Zealand on the map! (even if it’s GDP has been compared to that of Arkansas’s)
Cheers mate!
Well we do have Gore
Haha, nice one!
Woot! Go NZ!!!!!!!! Kiwis 4eva!!!!!!!!!
The Connecticut/UAE is the one I’m boggled by.
Same here. I guess UAE has a pretty good GDP and HDI, but it’s still strange….
Norwegian. :3
Damn, our state isn’t Finland.
Where is argentina?
On here it’s Colorado, in the real world it’s east of Chile, west of Brazil, had a war with the UK a little while ago you Know?
Depends on who do you ask, the argentinians call it a war, the brits call it an “incident”
Czech Republic? Despite that, and the errors listed above, it really is a great submission.
Total GDP of czech republic is higher than kentucky’s GDP. But to be honest, GDP per capita is almost the same in both states. So maybe this map isn’t wrong…
Apparently I like in Slovakia now.
Slovakia’s a beautiful country, my wife’s from there.
But apparently we now live in Russia (which makes sense, a lot of the store signs in my neighborhood are in Cyrillic writing).
IRELAND!!! WOOOOO
I’m in Turkey?
tasty
My response: http://cheezburger.com/View/4012669440
Ah crap, I live in Iran.
same here lol
Funny, the Brit’s didn’t want to participate in the takeover of America
Same as Germany: Their GDP is too big for any single US state. That’s why you also don’t find Japan or China on that map.
Ah. France is explained as well.
or Colombia
What? You’re saying a COUNTRY is higher than a STATE? Well golly gee, who’da thunk.
Combine California and New York and you’ll be very close to Britain.
Throw in Texas and Florida as well, and you may possibly be able to see Germany’s tail-lights.
well well well, new zealand is arkansas…
Pity Nz has 20 Billion on them GDP wise.
Yeah, Austria! =D
Is Minnesota good?
It’s one of the most socially progressive states in the union, though we’re in a bit of a budget crunch after 8 years expanding tax loopholes. We elected the first Muslim ever to congress, and will be legalizing gay marriage next year (under the assumption Mark Dayton wins).
Also, it’s cold. Very, very cold. Like -10c-is-t-shirt-weather cold.
And that’s in the summer.
North Dakota is ranked 19 in GDP among states in the USA, higher ranked than Michigan or Wisconsin… how does that equate to Kenya which is below both nations those states were compared with? We’d totally be more like Switzerland… and if you consider the One Billion Dollar SURPLUS in the state budget, well… ND is doing pretty well economically.
Hello fellow Kenyan!
Hahaha, North Dakota is ranked dead last in GDP:
http://www.bea.gov/regional/gdpmap/GDPMap.aspx
what a failure of a state.
I like how there’s a copy of venice, italy in california XD
Is there really? With the humidity and the boats and the cats and the reastaurants and the Japanese turists etc.? Awesome! I’m moving there.
…I guess some of the countries that aren’t shown as states share in the ownership of the world-country? For example, China?
Now WAIT a minute…Greece’s economy is falling apart! We’re not THAT bad here!
too bad now you will
The metal part of my metalgothwitchiness is thrilled that MI is Sweden, although I think Sweden’s economy is in exponentially better shape than ours. IRL the Dutch part of my ancestry seems to be genetically dominant… if Idaho is the Netherlands, I guess it makes sense that I cook potatoes so often… Incidentally, I was absolutely thrilled when I learned of the existence of a Dutch folk metal band.
Whoa, your Dutch and Swedish (Michiganian) too? West Michigan perhaps?
According to this map i live in australia XD.
Me too! I’ve always wanted to visit!
According to this map i live in australia. XD
Howdy from Brazil!
Why is Brazil Texas?
I guess because most close-minded Americans just know Brazil is big, so Texas is big too. Big + Big = Same I guess? Also, it is really hot in Texas and Brazil. I really don’t know why else..
Could someone please tell me what Venezuela is? I learned the states, totally forgot them over summer.. XD
Um, no, it is because they have similarly sized GDPs. GDP means Gross Domestic Product, which is the measure of economic activity. The economic activity in Texas is about that of Brazil.
On the map above, Venezuela is Missouri.
Texas doesn’t have the same GDP as Brazil..
Not the same, I’m pretty sure.
Thanks about that.. I feel sorry for Missouri..
You’re wrong! Brazil is about 9th or 10th highest GDP in the world….
Actually, Brazil’s GDP is about twice as texa’s… Sorry, but your reference failed…
TX = 1.2trillion Brazil = 1.5trillion.
http://www.bea.gov/regional/gdpmap/GDPMap.aspx
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:BRA&dl=en&hl=en&q=brazil+gdp
I dunno if it is english or math you failed at there, but something went awry.
Im brazilian and Economy Student and the Brazil’s GDP in 2010 is about US$ 2.59 trillion, surpassing Italy.
In 2009 the Brazil’s GDP was 2.0 trillion and in 2008 1.59 trillion.
MY SISTER IS NUMBER ONE PROSTITUTE IN ALL OF KAZAKHSTAN!!
YAY! We got Sweden… um… actually, now I feel sorry for Sweden!
sad face no canada
Greetings from Argentina ^_^
Brazil had a GDP of 2 trillion in 2009… How in in the world are 2 trillion dollars similar to Texas’s 1.2???
Because it is based on the 2008 World Bank data, since 2009 has not been released entirely yet… (Brazil still shows up as “..” on the spreadsheet.)
I’d LOL if Georgia was Georgia… Just because.
i just lol’d
/gigglesnort
Which state should be China? Wait, no state.
Michigan FTW!
Isn’t the title, “U.S. States” redundant?
yes it is. dunno why but it is.
Well, if you were to ‘un-abbriviate’ it, it would say “United States States”
Well, the expressions relates to the states that make up the United States. “states” alone would not have sufficed, because there are states in other countries, too. So, “U.S. states” ist absolutely correct.
No. “The United States of America” is our country’s full name. “United States” is the commonly used abbreviation.
Almost every other country has ‘states’ in some form or another. They’re not always called states, but they’re all broken down into smaller divisions. United States is a State. “State” means indicates sovereign territory in true political terms. What we call “States” are really Federated States.
The proper term for talking about the states as a whole is “United States’ States”. It sounds redundant, but it’s proper.
/political science major
at least the 40% of all the gross domestic product is produced by Mexicans (or people you call mexicans cuz you are too lazy to learn the names of all the countries on central america)… it is not on your stats because they are still “illegal” …
and South America
not very original:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_otfwl2zc6Qc/R1CH1peWfzI/AAAAAAAAC74/gnC6-6vek7E/s1600-R/usa.jpg
Do you have the link to the blogspot home for it? I mean, not just the image, but the associated post?
This is updated. France’s GDP is almost 3 trillion now, CA stalled out at about 1.8
Greetings from Portugal, who is actually in competition with… Louisiana? Hahahhahaa. “Oh portugal, YOU’RE SOOO DUMB.”
Nothing wrong with Louisiana.
hahahahah, Portugal ftw
That one choked me. ” Portugal, we gonna find u, HOMEBOY!!!”
Bulgaria larger than Iran? yeah right…
have you seen russia? xD
yayyyyyyy! I woke up in GA and now I’m in Taiwan.
That’s nothing, I went to sleep in Bulgaria and woke up in South Dakota!
Same here. Then again, considering the weird crap that happened to me this afternoon, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was Taiwan.
O hai from Saudi Arabia.
I’ve lived in Norway and Massachusetts.
G’Day Mates! It’s actually appropriate for Florida to “be” Australia, after all we are “down under” as well! LOL!
Also people need to chillax, because it’s just a graph, it’s not a world changing document. They most likely based the “renaming” on GDP on the NEAREST country whether high or low to the state.
I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE!
it also sees YOU!
since when were taiwan and hk counties ??????
Free Tibet!
OK, I’ll take it
Denmark now own washington. off to make the national language of the state danish
croatia=maine?
It’d be interested (but a lot of work) to compare countries and states (and Hong Kong, if you like) in a similar way for other statistical feats, e.g. GDP per capita, unemployment rate, population below poverty line, household income share, investment share, public debt (California = Zimbabwe?), market value of public shares, oil consumption, CO2 production, development aid expenses, state area or circumference, population (urban, rural, combined), life expectancy, birth rate, death rate (excluding death penalty as long as Hospira does not supply Thiopental), percentage HIV positives, etc. etc. etc.
I’m made in Taiwan, herp-a-derp!
Huh. Born in Indonesia, lived in Taiwan, visited Russia and South Africa this year.
Niiice.
Fun that way, isn’t it? I’m apparently a Belgian who moved from Iran to Indonesia this year. This was a bigger step up than I originally thought.
So I’m from Iran huh? Who’s ass should I kick over this? That’s a bit insulting.
UK may as well take up the whole of Canada xD
damn lebenon u funny
Saudações do Brasil
(greetings from brazil)
So, wait, Arizona, famous for it’s sexy women (or, at least, easier to see women, as clothing is counter-productive towards survival in most of the state), and now it’s Finland, the country with (in my opinion) sexy accents?
Oh, wait, but Finland has culture.
Darn it!
Great, now I’m from Florida. At least it’s still warm!?
wait….Hong Kong isn’t a country, it’s a city……
I’m an Israeli Ya’ll !!!
Greetings from Luxemburg to Rhode Island
Actual numbers (2009, source http://www.statec.lu)
Population: 502,000
Surface: 2,586 km2
GDP: 37,600,000,000 Euro (approx 50,000,000,000 $)
(We are located between Belgium, France and Germany)
New Jersey? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I think it’s hilarious that Rhode Island is Luxembourg
Hmmm……Austria. Interesting.
Annoying error with Hongkong. Taiwan is also debatable.
New York= Russia WIN
Agreed!
So I AM Swedish… I always knew it!
TAIWAN?!?!?! D:<
F**k you from Brazil. We are nothing like Texas
;A; Nothing wrong with Texans! (especially East Texans, we’re nice here! :3) But I do want to go to Brasil someday.
But you both throw some great parties (i.e.-Carnival vs. South Padre Island nudist festival).
I’ve always had a feeling I was Irish. I’m already German and French. Why not add another country known for alchohol consummation to the list?
Greeting from Czech Republic as Kentucky!!!
dear: It Explains Things…
Czech republic is 2th state next to germany (octoberfest)
with the biggest beer drinking ever
its more than 5 hectoliters on a person.. even babies
apparently I’m Swedish now…
So I can find Pyramids in Kansas and Kangaroos in Florida? Sweet!
Oh, and hello from The Land Down Under.
Still a shame that all of these 50 countries together have less of a debt then the USA on its own. You go USA!
Our debt is mainly due to the reconstruction of other countries.
Saudações de Portugal ( Greetings from Portugal)
Yay, we´re Louisiana ;P
Greetings from Brazil ;D
(TX)
Woot woot! Brazil! We get Rio de Janeiro! Party!
Haha….Texas may be nice, but it’s boring here. And hot. >.>
What about South Padre Island?
And the yearly hurricane destruction of Corpus Christi?
Are we sure this is based on GDP and not size? Since when does RI have the same GDP as luxembourg?
Sincerely, Norway
RI = 46b
Luxembourg = 53b
less than 20% difference there. A decent approximation.
Saudi Arabia? Really? Come to think of it, I’m Northern Virginia so I’m probably more like… Monaco or something.
greetings from… texas?? what theeeeee
Umm.. i’m pretty sure Hong Kong is not a country..
OHMIGOD! I just had one of those nerdgasms! It’s like….. all my nerdish dreams, wrapped in one map. Greetings from Slovakia!
Oh! And I also noticed that Michegan is now Ireland. But hey then, greetings from a Irish/Cherokee Slovakian!
Michigan is sweden, wisconsin is ireland.
Heya! I’m from the Netherlands (according to this)! Nice to meet you!
I would say something else, too, but I know nothing about the Netherlands except for where it’s located at on a map…but at least I know that!
GDP is not a good thing. For this measure, all the all the monetary transaction is positive, for this system, GDP increases with pollution, natural disasters, divorce and even crime!!!
I don’t think this is good.
Thank you.
Wisconsin being Ireland works for more than one reason
were drunk not as you are. why are there 2 of you?
I’ve always wanted to live in Finland. Now I do!
I’m havin’ fun in… Indonesia… Aw ****
hong kong is not a country dumbass!!!!!!! it’s a city!!!!
Well, it’s sorta separate from mainland China and is sorta its own country, and while mainland China’s communist, Hong Kong is capitalist.
So Rhode Island is one of the prosperous countries in the world, yet they had like the top unemployment rate during the recession?
I also find it amusing that Alabama is Hong Kong, which, last time I checked, was a Chinese CITY.
Is this somehow percentage based? Because if not, it would mean that the U.S. in total would have the same GDP as all 50 of these countries combined, and that sounds a little flawed, although maybe i’m just really that out of the loop.
In Soviet Russia road fork you!!!
I live in Venezuela…I’ve always wanted to live in Hungary. Well, time to move to Nevada! XD