As of now, this is incomplete; but I to intend to continue working on it and, with the assistance of others who know more about the left-out countries than I do, will fill out the rest eventually. Currently, this is a map I made based off the comic of another Redditor, who I later collaborated with to fill it out slightly more. The idea was simply to draw parallels between US states and European countries. Grounds for these comparisons could be anything - from economic GDP to cultural problems, from common histories to geographic similarities. Most have been given speech bubbles to help explain what exactly my (or the original comic maker's) thought process was. I was really tempted to add Georgia as Georgia.
If you don't know your European countries or your US state flags, see below to see all the pairings.
If you don't know your European countries or your US state flags, see below to see all the pairings.
For clarity's sake, here's all the country/state pairings: Iceland/Hawaii, UK/Texas, Ireland/Idaho, Portugal/Oregon, Spain/Nevada, France/California, Switzerland/Canada, Italy/Florida, Belgium/Washington DC, Netherlands/Colorado, Germany/New York, Austria/New Jersey, Slovenia/New Hampshire, Arizona/Hungary, Albania/Mississippi, Macedonia/West Virginia, Bulgaria/Virginia, Greece/New Mexico, Slovakia/Michigan, Poland/Montana, Maine/Denmark, Lithuania/Connecticut, Latvia/Rhode Island, Estonia/Delaware, Finland/Washington, Sweden/Vermont, Norway/Alaska, and Africa/Mexico.
And all the unpaired countries: Andorra, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City, Malta, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Turkey, and Cyprus. If you feel like there's a glaring comparison to be made between one of these countries and an as-of-now unused state, please leave a comment and I'll be sure to update the image with your input.
And all the unpaired countries: Andorra, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City, Malta, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Turkey, and Cyprus. If you feel like there's a glaring comparison to be made between one of these countries and an as-of-now unused state, please leave a comment and I'll be sure to update the image with your input.