Putting America’s ridiculously large $17 trillion economy into perspective by comparing US state GDPs to entire countries - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas

"It’s pretty amazing how ridiculously large the US economy is, and the map above helps put America’s GDP of $16.8 trillion in 2013 (and more than $17 trillion in Q4 2013 and Q1 in 2014) into perspective by comparing the GDP of US states to other country’s entire national GDP."