[xpllmr]

The Jersey Pike is not a scenic drive, it's true.

-Arrian

[Kghikeds]

It was so great you went to Atlanta.



-Arrian

[indahouweres]

Bah!

Snow

-Arrian

[mobbemeatiedy]

France GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.794 trillion (2005 est.)

California GDP (Nominal): $1,621 trillion (2005 est.)
California GDP (PPP): $1,544 trillion. (2004 est.)

France has 200-250 billion a year on us.

Population of California: 33.8 million
Population of France: 60.8 million

So each Californian is worth way more then each frog.

[flower-buy]

Originally posted by Will9
Me a Saudi living in Denmark. Noooooooooooooooooo! I won't be able to stand living in the birthplace of legal gay marriage.

BTW, Winston must now belive my word in Truthiness. You're Saudi?

[appabessy]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I am pleased to see the EU is kicking arse though You're still second place to NAFTA

[Paul Bunyan]

Originally posted by Oerdin


You're Saudi? I from Tennessee which the map said was Saudi Arabian.

[fil_nurser]

Originally posted by Dis
and california is including neighborhoods like East LA and south central. They're likely to have a bigger GDP per capita than remote French areas. Generally speaking, urban areas are very productive, regardless of how distribution is distributed afterwards.

[brorwargy]

Originally posted by Drogue
I'm not sure size is such a big factor - Luxembourg and Switzerland have higher GDP per capitas than the US, yet are far smaller. I think it's definitely a factor; US states are part of one of the largest free trade areas in the world, so their GDPs should be, on average, x% larger than they would be if they had to deal with an average tariff of x% on inter-state trade.

Switzerland and Luxembourg probably benefit from a similar effect (i.e. servicing a much larger market than their domestic market, partially thanks to trade agreements).

[Qrhzbadu]

makes we wnat to piut my hand on my heart and swear allegiance.

[Wxrxnhar]

Canadians might come out ahead economically

I doubt it. Having an independent monetary policy helped us, for instance, completely miss out on that recession you guys had a few years ago.

The two economies are already virtually inextricably linked (via Nafta and a host of other agreements going back a century), so trade is already as high as it's going to get.

[XiWm9O9S]

Originally posted by Drogue

Wait, what do you mean by an independent monetary policy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_reserve

[MgpojuWy]

I don't think they're all that important. The annual trade volume is already 30% of our GDP

[TouccuraLar]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
The two economies are already virtually inextricably linked (via Nafta and a host of other agreements going back a century), so trade is already as high as it's going to get. I thought lumber sales weren't as high as they could be. Or have you kissed and made up?