[U184]

America gets a lot of crap from other Countries, here is a little information that lets you see how your Country compares with the USA. I show land area, economic comparisons, military strength, charity, etc. There is nothing specific here other than general knowledge, some interesting tid-bits and the like.

Example: Did you know that if you added America into the Worlds top 100 Countries... our states would take up over 35% of the list?

So anyway my point of all this is, for the most part... if your not on the list of top 10 Countries then your Country is this>

and America or anyone of its many states, is this>

and even if your not a mouse, it really does not matter...>

Just wanted to make that clear! Have a good day!!


The world by comparison of size, in relation to that of the USA.

Russia is 6,592,771 square miles, Russia could fit both the USA and China within its borders, China is: 3,694,982 square miles and the USA is 3, 794,083.





The USA (Or China) could then have all of Europe placed inside of them and still have 1/3 open space.

America By Area:

1) Alaska - 663,267 square miles (1,717,854 sq km)

2) Texas - 268,820 square miles (696,241 sq km)

3) California - 163,695 square miles (423,968 sq km)

4) Montana - 147,042 square miles (380,837 sq km)

5) New Mexico - 121,589 square miles (314,914 sq km)

6) Arizona - 113,998 square miles (295,254 sq km)

7) Nevada - 110,561 square miles (286,352 sq km)

8: Colorado - 104,093 square miles (269,600 sq km)

9) Oregon - 98,380 square miles (254,803 sq km)

10) Wyoming - 97,813 square miles (253,334 sq km)

11) Michigan - 96,716 square miles (250,493 sq km)

12) Minnesota - 86,939 square miles (225,171 sq km)

13) Utah - 84,899 square miles (219,887 sq km)

14) Idaho - 83,570 square miles (216,445 sq km)

15) Kansas - 82,277 square miles (213,096 sq km)

16) Nebraska - 77,354 square miles (200,346 sq km)

17) South Dakota - 77,116 square miles (199,730 sq km)

18) Washington - 71,300 square miles (184,666 sq km)

19) North Dakota - 70,700 square miles (183,112 sq km)

20) Oklahoma - 69,898 square miles (181,035 sq km)

21) Missouri - 69,704 square miles (180532 sq km)

22) Florida - 65,755 square miles (170,305 sq km)

23) Wisconsin - 65,498 square miles (169,639 sq km)

24) Georgia - 59,425 square miles (153,910 sq km)

25) Illinois - 57,914 square miles (149,997 sq km)

26) Iowa - 56,271 square miles (145,741 sq km)

27) New York - 54,566 square miles (141,325 sq km)

28) North Carolina - 53,818 square miles (139,988 sq km)

29) Arkansas - 53,178 square miles (137,730 sq km)

30) Alabama - 52,419 square miles (135,765 sq km)

31) Louisiana - 51,840 square miles (134,265 sq km)

32) Mississippi - 48,430 square miles (125,433 sq km)

33) Pennsylvania- 46,055 square miles (119,282 sq km)

34) Ohio - 44,825 square miles (116,096 sq km)

35) Virginia - 42,774 square miles (110,784 sq km)

36) Tennessee - 42,143 square miles (109,150 sq km)

37) Kentucky - 40,409 square miles (104,659 sq km)

38) Indiana - 36,418 square miles (94,322 sq km)

39) Maine - 35,385 square miles (91,647 sq km)

40) South Carolina - 32,020 square miles (82,931 sq km)

41) West Virginia - 24,230 square miles (62,755 sq km)

42) Maryland - 12,407 square miles (32,134 sq km)

43) Hawaii - 10,931 square miles (28,311 sq km)

44) Massachusetts - 10,554 square miles (27,335 sq km)

45) Vermont - 9,614 square miles (24,900 sq km)

46) New Hampshire - 9,350 square miles (24,216 sq km)

47) New Jersey - 8,721 square miles (22,587 sq km)

48) Connecticut - 5,543 square miles (14,356 sq km)

49) Delaware - 2,489 square miles (6,446 sq km)

50) Rhode Island - 1,545 square miles (4,001 sq km)

51) Washington D.C. - 68 square miles (176 sq km)



Europe By Area:

1) Russia: 6,592,771 square miles (17,075,200 sq km)

2) Turkey: 302,535 square miles (783,562 sq km)

3) Ukraine: 233,090 square miles (603,700 sq km)

4) France: 211,209 square miles (547,030 sq km)

5) Spain: 194,897 square miles (504,782 sq km)

6) Sweden: 173,732 square miles (449,964 sq km)

7) Germany: 137,846 square miles (357,021 sq km)

8: Finland: 130,674 square miles (338,445 sq km)

9) Norway:125,182 square miles (324,220 sq km)

10) Poland: 120,728 square miles (312,685 sq km)

11) Italy: 116,305 square miles (301,230 sq km)

12) United Kingdom: 94,525 square miles (244,820 sq km)

13) Romania: 92,043 square miles (238,391 sq km)

14) Belarus: 80,155 square miles (207,600 sq km)

15) Greece: 50,942 square miles (131,940 sq km)

16) Bulgaria: 42,822 square miles (110,910 sq km)

17) Iceland: 39,768 square miles (103,000 sq km)

18) Serbia and Montenegro: 39,493 square miles (102,286 sq km)

19) Hungary: 35,919 square miles (93,030 sq km)

20) Portugal: 35,672 square miles (92,391 sq km)

21) Austria:32,378 square miles (83,858 sq km)

22) Czech Republic: 30,450 square miles (78,866 sq km)

23) Ireland: 27,135 square miles (70,280 sq km)

24) Lithuania: 25,174 square miles (65,200 sq km)

25) Latvia: 24,937 square miles (64,589 sq km)

26) Croatia: 21,831 square miles (56,542 sq km)

27) Bosnia and Herzegovina:19,741 square miles (51,129 sq km)

28) Slovakia:18,859 square miles (48,845 sq km)

29) Estonia: 17,462 square miles (45,226 sq km)

30) Denmark: 16,638 square miles (43,094 sq km)

31) Netherlands: 16,033 square miles (41,526 sq km)

32) Switzerland: 15,942 square miles (41,290 sq km)

33) Moldova: 13,067 square miles (33,843 sq km)

34) Belgium: 11,780 square miles (30,510 sq km)

35) Albania: 11,099 square miles (28,748 sq km)

36) Macedonia: 9,928 square miles (25,713 sq km)

37) Slovenia: 7,827 square miles (20,273 sq km)

38) Cyprus:3,571 square miles (9,250 sq km)

39) Luxembourg: 998 square miles (2,586 sq km)

40) Andorra: 181 square miles (468 sq km)

41) Malta: 122 square miles (316 sq km)

42) Liechtenstein: 62 square miles (160 sq km)

43) San Marino: 23 square miles (61 sq km)

44) Monaco: 0.77 square miles (2 sq km)

45) Vatican City: 0.17 square miles (0.44 sq km)


Asia By Area:

1) Russia: 6,601,668 square miles (17,098,242 sq km)

2) China: 3,694,982 square miles (9,596,961 sq km)

3) India: 1,269,219 square miles (3,287,263 sq km)

4) Kazakhstan: 1,049,155 square miles (2,717,300 sq km)

5) Saudi Arabia: 756,985 square miles (1,960,582 sq km)

6) Indonesia: 735,358 square miles (1,904,569 sq km)

7) Iran: 636,371 square miles (1,648,195 sq km)

8: Mongolia: 603,908 square miles (1,564,116 sq km)

9) Pakistan: 310,403 square miles (803,940 sq km)

10) Turkey: 302,535 square miles (783,562 sq km)

11) Myanmar (Burma): 261,970 square miles (678,500 sq km)

12) Afghanistan: 251,827 square miles (652,230 sq km)

13) Yemen: 203,849 square miles (527,968 sq km)

14) Thailand: 198,456 square miles (514,000 sq km)

15) Turkmenistan: 188,456 square miles (488,100 sq km)

16) Uzbekistan: 172,742 square miles (447,400 sq km)

17) Iraq: 168,754 square miles (437,072 sq km)

18) Japan: 145,883 square miles (377,835 sq km)

19) Malaysia: 127,317 square miles (329,750 sq km)

20) Vietnam: 127,220 square miles (329,560 sq km)

21) Philippines: 115,830 square miles (300,000 sq km)

22) Laos: 91,429 square miles (236,800 sq km)

23) Oman: 82,031 square miles (212,460 sq km)

24) Kyrgyzstan: 76,641 square miles (198,500 sq km)

25) Syria: 71,498 square miles (185,180 sq km)

26) Cambodia: 69,899 square miles (181,040 sq km)

27) Bangladesh: 55,599 square miles (144,000 sq km)

28) Tajikistan: 55,251 square miles (143,100 sq km)

29) Nepal: 54,363 square miles (140,800 sq km)

30) North Korea: 46,540 square miles (120,538 sq km)

31) South Korea: 38,502 square miles (99,720 sq km)

32) Jordan: 35,637 square miles (92,300 sq km)

33) Azerbaijan: 33,436 square miles (86,600 sq km)

34) United Arab Emirates: 32,000 square miles (82,880 sq km)

35) Georgia: 26,911 square miles (69,700 sq km)

36) Sri Lanka: 25,332 square miles (65,610 sq km)

37) Bhutan: 18,147 square miles (47,000 sq km)

38) Taiwan: 13,891 square miles (35,980 sq km)

39) Armenia: 11,506 square miles (29,800 sq km)

40) Israel: 8,019 square miles (20,770 sq km)

41) Kuwait: 6,880 square miles (17,820 sq km)

42) Qatar: 4,416 square miles (11,437 sq km)

43) Lebanon: 4,015 square miles (10,400 sq km)

44) Brunei: 2,228 square miles (5,770 sq km)

45) Hong Kong: 421 square miles (1,092 sq km)

46) Singapore: 267 square miles (693 sq km)

47) Bahrain: 257 square miles (665 sq km)

48) Maldives: 116 square miles (300 sq km)

The world by comparison of GDP, in relation to that of the USA.


GDP Rank LINK

Should we incorporate the world list and that of the USA, the top 100 world wide GDP would look like this. 35% of the list is American states...


1: EU 16,242,256
2: USA 14,526,550
3: China 5,878,257
4: Japan 5,458,797
5: Germany 3,286,451
6: France 2,562,742
7: United Kingdom 2,250,209
8: Brazil 2,090,314
9: Italy 2,055,114
10: California 1,936,400
11: India 1,631,970
12: Canada 1,577,040
13: Russia 1,479,825
14: Spain 1,409,946
15: Australia 1,237,363
16: Texas 1,207,432
17: New York 1,156,500
18: Mexico 1,034,308
19: Korea, South 1,014,482
20: Netherlands 780,668
21: Florida 754,000
22: Turkey 735,487
23: Indonesia 706,752
24: Illinois 644,200
25: Pennsylvania 575,600
26: Switzerland 527,920
27: New Jersey 497,000
28: Ohio 483,400
29: Poland 469,401
30: Belgium 467,779
31: Sweden 458,725
32: Saudi Arabia 448,360
33: Taiwan 429,845
34: Virginia 427,700
35: Norway 412,990
36: North Carolina 407,400
37: Iran 407,382
38: Georgia 404,600
39: Massachusetts 377,700
40: Austria 377,382
41: Michigan 372,400
42: Argentina 369,992
43: South Africa 363,655
44: Washington 351,100
45: Thailand 318,908
46: Denmark 309,866
47: Greece 305,415
48: United Arab Emirates 302,039
49: Maryland 300,000
50: Venezuela 293,268
51: Colombia 289,433
52: Indiana 267,600 1.84
53: Minnesota 267,100
54: Arizona 261,300
55: Colorado 259,700
56: Wisconsin 251,400
57: Tennessee 250,300
58: Missouri 246,700
59: Finland 239,177
60: Malaysia 237,959
61: Connecticut 233,400
62: Portugal 229,154
63: Hong Kong 224,459
64: Singapore 222,699
65: Egypt 218,465
66: Israel 217,445
67: Louisiana 213,600
68: Ireland 206,985
69: Chile 203,299
70: Nigeria 202,576
71: Philippines 199,591
72: Czech Republic 192,030
73: Romania 185,315
74: Pakistan 176,870
75: Alabama 174,400
76: Oregon 168,900
77: South Carolina 164,300
78: Kentucky 161,400
79: Oklahoma 160,500
80: Algeria 157,759
81: Peru 153,802
82: Kazakhstan 148,047
83: Iowa 147,200
84: New Zealand 140,509
85: Ukraine 137,934
86: Kuwait 132,569
87: Hungary 130,421
88: Kansas 128,500
89: Nevada 127,500
90: Qatar 127,332
91: Utah 116,900
92: Arkansas 105,800
93: Bangladesh 105,560
94: District of Columbia 104,700
95: Vietnam 103,574
96: Mississippi 98,900
97: Morocco 91,135
98: Nebraska 89,600
99: Slovakia 87,450
100: Angola 82,471




State GDP($Millions) Percentage of national GDP Population(Millions) GDP per capita ($) GDP per capita Rank

1 California 1,936,400 13.34 37.3 51,914 12
2 Texas 1,207,432 7.95 25.1 45,940 24
3 New York 1,156,500 7.68 19.4 57,423 7
4 Florida 754,000 5.20 18.8 40,106 40
5 Illinois 644,200 4.44 12.8 50,328 15
6 Pennsylvania 575,600 3.97 12.7 45,323 25
7 New Jersey 497,000 3.42 8.8 56,477 8
8 Ohio 483,400 3.33 11.5 42,035 33
9 Virginia 427,700 2.95 8.0 53,463 9
10 North Carolina 407,400 2.81 9.5 42,884 31
11 Georgia 404,600 2.79 9.7 41,711 35
12 Massachusetts 377,700 2.60 6.5 58,108 6
13 Michigan 372,400 2.57 9.9 37,616 42
14 Washington 351,100 2.42 6.7 52,403 10
15 Maryland 300,000 2.07 5.8 51,724 13
16 Indiana 267,600 1.84 6.5 41,169 36
17 Minnesota 267,100 1.84 5.3 50,396 14
18 Arizona 261,300 1.80 6.4 40,828 39
19 Colorado 259,700 1.79 5.0 51,940 11
20 Wisconsin 251,400 1.73 5.7 44,105 29
21 Tennessee 250,300 1.72 6.3 39,730 41
22 Missouri 246,700 1.70 6.0 41,117 37
23 Connecticut 233,400 1.61 3.6 64,833 4
24 Louisiana 213,600 1.47 4.5 47,467 21
25 Alabama 174,400 1.20 4.8 36,333 46
26 Oregon 168,900 1.16 3.8 44,447 27
27 South Carolina 164,300 1.13 4.6 35,717 48
28 Kentucky 161,400 1.11 4.3 37,535 43
29 Oklahoma 160,500 1.11 3.8 42,237 32
30 Iowa 147,200 1.01 3.0 49,067 19
31 Kansas 128,500 0.89 2.9 44,310 28
32 Nevada 127,500 0.88 2.7 47,222 23
33 Utah 116,900 0.81 2.8 41,750 34
34 Arkansas 105,800 0.73 2.9 36,483 45
35 District of Columbia 104,700 0.72 0.6 174,500 1
36 Mississippi 98,900 0.68 3.0 32,967 51
37 Nebraska 89,600 0.62 1.8 49,778 17
38 New Mexico 75,500 0.52 2.1 35,952 47
39 Hawaii 68,900 0.47 1.4 49,214 18
40 West Virginia 66,600 0.46 1.9 35,053 49
41 Delaware 62,700 0.43 0.9 69,667 2
42 New Hampshire 61,600 0.42 1.3 47,385 22
43 Idaho 54,800 0.38 1.6 34,250 50
44 Maine 53,200 0.37 1.3 40,923 38
45 Rhode Island 49,500 0.34 1.1 45,000 26
46 Alaska 45,600 0.31 0.7 65,143 3
47 South Dakota 39,900 0.27 0.8 49,875 16
48 Wyoming 38,200 0.26 0.6 63,667 5
49 Montana 37,200 0.26 1.0 37,200 44
50 North Dakota 33,400 0.23 0.7 47,714 20
51 Vermont 26,400 0.18 0.6 44,000 30
52 Puerto Rico 93,520 0.46 3.9 23,380 52

GDP World list by country: LINK

America is just short of the entire EU combined and is equal to that of the 2nd through 5th spots combined and conversely, The EU and the top 10 Countries could then swallow the rest of the entire World.

Rank Country GDP (millions of US$)
World 62,911,253
European Union 16,242,256
1 United States 14,526,550
2 China, People's Republic of 5,878,257
3 Japan 5,458,797
4 Germany 3,286,451
5 France 2,562,742
6 United Kingdom 2,250,209
7 Brazil 2,090,314
8 Italy 2,055,114
9 India 1,631,970
10 Canada 1,577,040
11 Russia 1,479,825
12 Spain 1,409,946
13 Australia 1,237,363
14 Mexico 1,034,308
15 Korea, South 1,014,482
16 Netherlands 780,668
17 Turkey 735,487
18 Indonesia 706,752
19 Switzerland 527,920
20 Poland 469,401
21 Belgium 467,779
22 Sweden 458,725
23 Saudi Arabia 448,360
24 Republic of China (Taiwan) 429,845
25 Norway 412,990
26 Iran 407,382
27 Austria 377,382
28 Argentina 369,992
29 South Africa 363,655
30 Thailand 318,908
31 Denmark 309,866
32 Greece 305,415
33 United Arab Emirates 302,039
34 Venezuela 293,268
35 Colombia 289,433
36 Finland 239,177
37 Malaysia 237,959
38 Portugal 229,154
Hong Kong 224,459
39 Singapore 222,699
40 Egypt 218,465
41 Israel 217,445
42 Ireland 206,985
43 Chile 203,299
44 Nigeria 202,576
45 Philippines 199,591
46 Czech Republic 192,030
47 Romania 185,315
48 Pakistan 176,870
49 Algeria 157,759
50 Peru 153,802
51 Kazakhstan 148,047
52 New Zealand 140,509
53 Ukraine 137,934
54 Kuwait 132,569
55 Hungary 130,421
56 Qatar 127,332
57 Bangladesh 105,560
58 Vietnam 103,574
59 Morocco 91,135
60 Slovakia 87,450
61 Angola 82,471
62 Iraq 81,112
63 Libya 71,336
64 Sudan + South Sudan 65,389
65 Croatia 60,834
66 Syria 59,330
67 Ecuador 57,978
68 Oman 57,851
69 Luxembourg 55,195
70 Belarus 54,713
71 Azerbaijan 54,370
72 Dominican Republic 51,626
73 Sri Lanka 49,536
74 Slovenia 47,733
75 Bulgaria 47,702
76 Burma 45,428
77 Tunisia 44,278
78 Guatemala 41,178
79 Uruguay 40,272
80 Lebanon 39,236
81 Uzbekistan 38,987
82 Serbia 38,009
83 Lithuania 36,370
84 Costa Rica 35,789
85 Ghana 32,321
86 Kenya 32,092
87 Yemen 31,315
88 Ethiopia 29,717
89 Panama 26,808
90 Jordan 26,447
91 Latvia 24,013
92 Cyprus 23,174
93 Côte d'Ivoire 22,963
94 Bahrain 22,656
95 Tanzania 22,543
96 Cameroon 22,522
97 El Salvador 21,215
98 Trinidad and Tobago 20,375
99 Turkmenistan 20,001
100 Bolivia 19,810
101 Estonia 19,253
102 Paraguay 18,427
103 Uganda 17,011
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,530
105 Zambia 16,192
106 Nepal 15,710
107 Afghanistan 15,541
108 Honduras 15,347
109 Botswana 14,866
110 Equatorial Guinea 14,500
111 Jamaica 13,356
112 Gabon 13,137
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,103
114 Senegal 12,865
115 Iceland 12,594
116 Brunei 12,371
117 Congo, Republic of the 12,030
118 Albania 11,898
119 Namibia 11,700
120 Georgia 11,665
121 Cambodia 11,629
122 Mauritius 9,724
123 Papua New Guinea 9,520
124 Mozambique 9,495
125 Mali 9,389
126 Armenia 9,371
127 Macedonia, Republic of 9,214
128 Burkina Faso 8,961
129 Madagascar 8,837
130 Chad 8,557
131 Malta 8,271
132 Bahamas, The 7,700
133 Zimbabwe 7,476
134 Haiti 6,575
135 Benin 6,574
136 Nicaragua 6,551
137 Laos 6,461
138 Mongolia 6,244
139 Moldova 5,810
140 Tajikistan 5,642
141 Rwanda 5,578
142 Kosovo 5,562
143 Niger 5,493
144 Malawi 5,397
145 Guinea 4,633
146 Kyrgyzstan 4,615
147 Barbados 4,110
148 Montenegro 4,017
149 Swaziland 3,698
150 Suriname 3,682
151 Mauritania 3,629
152 Togo 3,183
153 Fiji 3,109
154 Lesotho 2,316
155 Guyana 2,258
156 Maldives 2,168
157 Eritrea 2,117
158 Central African Republic 1,987
159 Sierra Leone 1,905
160 Cape Verde 1,665
161 Burundi 1,489
162 Bhutan 1,457
163 Belize 1,401
164 Antigua and Barbuda 1,245
165 Saint Lucia 1,198
166 Djibouti 1,129
167 Gambia, The 1,059
168 Liberia 989
169 Seychelles 937
170 Guinea-Bissau 837
171 Grenada 789
172 Solomon Islands 717
173 Vanuatu 693
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 684
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 676
176 Timor-Leste 628
177 Comoros 574
178 Samoa 530
179 Dominica 476
180 Tonga 363
181 São Tomé and Príncipe 214
182 Kiribati 152
183 Tuvalu 31



Military:





U.S. Foreign Aid Summary



Put Another Way:

So...

[Thompson_NCL]

You broke down the US into states, but not other countries? If you broke other countries into their constituent states, you'd see many US states slip off that list and the European share increase dramatically.

Scotland for example would be on the list, forcing Kansas, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Mississippi and Nebraska down one place. I'm not au fait with the German states, but I imagine a few of those have very high GDP.

And yeah different parts of the USA have different HDI values, so what? It's the same for the UK, France, Germany, Japan etc too. The US as a whole is still ranked 8th.

Your claim that the US is very close to the EU in terms of GDP is also flaky. You're right, it IS close... about as close as Tuvalu is to Italy.

Your foreign aid map is also stupid. You are trying to highlight the US gives the most aid, but ignore that the UK, Germany and France combined give more with a smaller total population. European countries give vastly more foreign aid than the US, VASTLY. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_e ... -aid-donor

In fact the EU itself (not the countries within it) gives 12bn euros in aid. We're talking about a 3:1 ratio here never mind private donations to charities and so forth.

In short: You keep moving the goal posts to make the US look great, but forget the average POFO poster is able to see through such a simple ruse.

[mikema63]

you couldn't just let him have a vicarious ego trip from america could you meanie

[Stranger]

I'm not au fait with the German states, but I imagine a few of those have very high GDP.

Indeed, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia would like to have a word with most US states (while being smaller by a huge margin).
Bavaria would be in the top 10 of the world. Not sure about BW, but I think it would rank very high, too.

[Russkie]

You're comparing nominal GDP and not PPP. Russia has a $2.37 trillion (PPP) as of 2010, which outmatches any individual US state.

[Zionist Nationalist]

This thread is stupid

AAMERICA IS NUBMERZ1!!@#!

[U184]

You broke down the US into states, but not other countries? If you broke other countries into their constituent states, you'd see many US states slip off that list and the European share increase dramatically.

This is from the US perspective... I only had so much time, feel free to add as you wish.

In general though I did not break down piss ass little Countries, because they are already piss ass little Countries.

Your claim that the US is very close to the EU in terms of GDP is also flaky. You're right, it IS close... about as close as Tuvalu is to Italy.

No, it is close, period. The gap is closer than the gap between the next Country down and the USA, by so much you should be ashamed for even mentioning it.

And yeah different parts of the USA have different HDI values, so what?

I don't know maybe you should take that up with those who created the map?

Your foreign aid map is also stupid. You are trying to highlight the US gives the most aid

Because it does, both as a Country and on the Individual level, you see other Countries give more than the USA does by %, yet no one even come close to the 66.1 billion in aid we gave last year.

Your link did not work, but mine will...

In short: You keep moving the goal posts to make the US look great, but forget the average POFO poster is able to see through such a simple ruse.

Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel better, mouse.





Russkie , so sorry but Russia just does not compare. Even if you get bumped up by those numbers your still only fighting for the 7th/8th position. Be proud to be American, or leave, I'll pay for your ticket.

This thread is stupid

AAMERICA IS NUBMERZ1!!@#!

Yet you take the time to denounce it, while showing the obvious average American. Go you!

[Cartertonian]

Bah...

...shameless and excrutiating Team America cheerleading drivel.

[U184]

Says the respectful man in Uniform, hailing from one of the top 10 Countries, joined at the hip with Team USA, whats not to cheer about!?!

[Cartertonian]

Give over, KFlint...I'm tekkin' the piss!



I spent four months in the Iraqi desert with these buggers...



...so I'm pretty pro-American away from PoFo.







(That's 10th Combat Support Hospital of the US Army, by the way)

[Otebo]

even if your not a mouse, it really does not matter

How about a lion?

[Xbow]

Kflint...Run for public office...the higher the better

[U184]

Sounds great, I have thought about it.

This could be my campaign motto

Be proud to be American, or leave, I'll pay for your ticket.

Otebo, that is an exception of course.

[Xbow]

I'm serious Kflint just by being excited about our country and not apologizing for our greatness you will have massive support from us veterans. What we need in government are policy makers that are pro American. Start at the VFW halls and move outward. Don't waste time seeking state office you can make very little impact there (Ca right?) you can however use a city or county office as a platform to take control of a congressional district and then off to Washington with you. Veterans love to vote for other Veterans bro.

[Russkie]

The Original post doesn't make sense. You first compare countries by sheer land mass and area, which obviously makes Russia #1. But then you compare by nominal GDP. What's your point? that area trumps GDP?

[U184]

Russkie, do you even care? The point of size, is most people do not know that the USA is as big as it is, or more accurately that the whole of Europe is as small as it is. The larger point was to set up the GDP lad mass/US Map to show where the USA sits and how.

Xbow, have you followed my posts? I mean balancing the budget with me and other procedural aspects that I advocate? I would be able to garner a good amount of military support and I would be able to pull maybe 25% from both parties.

The downer here is that my very stances are at odds with those in power, I do not think they should have it, and they want to keep it at all costs. Since they are already in that position... wresting it from them presents a problem.

[Stranger]

Kflint...Run for public office...the higher the better

I second that. The United States already do a good job of abolishing freedom in the name of freedom. Create a new party named "The democratic libertarian patriotic fascist party of America" and be the next president. Despite having an awesome name, it would finally lead to some broken bonds with Europe.

(Obviously, I'm not entirely serious, for the record)

[Thompson_NCL]

This is from the US perspective... I only had so much time, feel free to add as you wish.

It's not a question of perspective, it's a question of accuracy. What you have presented is a gross misrepresentation of US status. Most of middle America would drop off that list if you showed things accurately.

In general though I did not break down piss ass little Countries, because they are already piss ass little Countries.

Many of these "piss ass" countries are more economically successful than corresponding US states. Which is why the sum of the EU is greater than the sum of US.

No, it is close, period. The gap is closer than the gap between the next Country down and the USA, by so much you should be ashamed for even mentioning it.

As close as the difference between Tuvalu and Italy, sure.

I don't know maybe you should take that up with those who created the map?

He didn't post it, you did.

Because it does, both as a Country and on the Individual level, you see other Countries give more than the USA does by %, yet no one even come close to the 66.1 billion in aid we gave last year.

I think you'll think the EU together contributes more than 66.1 billion. So as a nation state sure the US contributes a lot, but it's nothing special.

Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel better, mouse.

It sounds like you need to make yourself feel better. I already feel awesome!

[Xbow]

The downer here is that my very stances are at odds with those in power, I do not think they should have it, and they want to keep it at all costs. Since they are already in that position... wresting it from them presents a problem.

I can only say a few things:

1) The longest journey begins with the first step.
2) Second, your first mission is to secure a political beachhead no matter how small that beachhead is. Make some piece of political terrain yours and build from there.
3) Keep your own counsel as far as your ultimate goal is concerned and by doing right by your constituents it is they that will push you upwards to higher office.
4) If your goal is the betterment of the country and its people that fact would be impossible to hide.

[Brio]

My scroll-wheel finger now hurts. Thanks, Kflint.