The comparison made between the UK and US states is one I was thinking about lately and which prompted me to make a little "compare EU countries to US states" a

The comparison made between the UK and US states is one I was thinking about lately and which prompted me to make a little "compare EU countries to US states" app: https://evmar.github.io/states/ https://evmar.github.io/states/ (For example, through it I discovered that Ireland's nearest twin in both land and population is South Carolina.) Looking at the UK specifically, it's the GDP of California but with almost 2x the population, which comes out to a GDP per capita comparable to Mississippi.