well if you put it that way...

there's a cool (if you've ever discussed GDP in a normal conversation - so probably not cool to most people) post on comparing the GDP of different states with the GDP of countries. a professor from u of chicago created this visual representation.

• so france = california (i wonder if californians can claim that napa = bordeaux)
• and texas is the canada of the US

it's amazing how much productivity the US generates... and if that's not amazing to you, you're normal and clearly i am not.

via christian broda