Map of the Week

This map is no cartographic masterpeice, but it tells an interesting story. It matches US states with a country with the most similar GDP. The data from this map is a few years old (2007), but it really puts the size of the US economy into perspective. For instance, Bangladesh has a similar GDP to New Hampshire despite the fact that it has about 120 times more people.

This map is from www.strangepress.wordpress.com.
For a complete list of the GDP's of the featured countries and states you can go to http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/