What Do Saudi Arabia and Tennessee Have in Common?

Over at the very, very compelling Strange Maps site (warning: do not click unless you have an hour to kill) is a map of the U.S. with each state renamed for a country with a similar GDP.

In case you’re wondering where the really big countries are, here’s another map, in which Japan gobbles up our entire midsection and New England, while China has to settle for the West Coast.

(Hat tip: Marginal Revolution)