Strange Maps

Would be interesting to recreate this map using the latest figures perhaps where you might need to dissolve some states to collectively meet the same GDP for some country.  Easily done in GIS http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2007/01/countries_gdp_a.html

Some more fun maps here too including the French Invasion BumbBoat http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/interactive/2012/sep/07/weird-maps-to-rival-apple-in-pictures