Paladin Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 (edited) While browsing through Google, I found this Great site for all things related to politics and economy, a real, complete factbook... It even got a "Corruption ranking"!! :happybanana: http://www.nationmaster.com/ Anyway, I thought it might be cool to share this with you guys (edit) I found this chart of the Gross National Products very informative: http://www.nationmaster.com/pie-T/eco_gdp Edited July 23, 2004 by Paladin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted July 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Here's what the top 16 economies of teh world actually look like (and their %): United States 21.5% China 12.3% Japan 7.5% India 5.5% Germany 4.5% France 3.2% United Kingdom 3.1% Italy 3% Russia 2.9% Brazil 2.8% Korea, South 1.9% Canada 1.9% Mexico 1.9% Spain 1.8% Indonesia 1.5% Australia 1.1% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Maniac Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Wow. That's...wow. 1.1 percent. That's just...wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustedSoul Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 (edited) 16's such a magical number to stop at... looks like we fluked one http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/edu_lit_tot_pop very interesting indeed paladin Edited July 23, 2004 by RustedSoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[stewart] Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Here's anouther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 61.? I wonder what so valuable produces Sri Lanka that it is before us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well, for starters, Sri Lanka seems to have 19,742,439 people (2003 est.), but several hundred thousands Tamils have fled over the years because of the two decades of the separatist movement... Anyway, it's a heck of a lot of people... Exports - commodities: textiles and apparel, tea, diamonds, coconut products, petroleum products. Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking. By 1996 plantation crops made up only 20% of exports (compared with 93% in 1970), while textiles and garments accounted for 63%...2001 saw the first contraction in the country's history, -1.4%, due to a combination of power shortages, severe budgetary problems, the global slowdown, and continuing civil strife. Growth recovered to 3.2% in 2002. About 800,000 Sri Lankans work abroad, 90% in the Middle East. They send home about $1 billion a year. GDP: $73.7 billion (2002 est.) [59th of 229] (per capita): $3733.07 per person [135th of 236](so, about ten times less GDP per capita than the US, there's just so many people crammed down there...) Besides, from wich country are you from?I'm in Eastern Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 How did this turn from ideas for V1+ to politics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex the greater Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 micropose got it wrong thay put canada on the botom of the list and made japan number 2 when thay should be number 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted September 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 How did this turn from ideas for V1+ to politics? Well, it's on the *gasp*! Economy & Politics thread!! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Didn't know we were planning to have THIS depth of realism into the game that we are discussing porcentages. Anyway, knock yourselves out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted September 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Well, a bit more realism does'nt hurt, as long as it does not break the mood or the gameplay... what's wrong in educating our US neighbors that 96% of the Earth's population is NOT american Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Hehehe, you're right there mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted September 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I thought you'd agree I actually have american co-workers, but sometimes it's hard to see we're on the same continent... They have such sub-standard information and news sources, and they don't even know about it... *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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