This is an interesting graphic from The Economist magazine. It compares U.S. states’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population to their closest match among the countries of the world. [swfobj src=”http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/media/2011InfoG/Interactive/US_equivalents_7/main.swf” width=”595″ height=”630″ align=”none” allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always”]