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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by runako on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:14PM (#11970955)
This is a curious claim, so I did a little checking.

It turns out that Switzerland is smaller than the Los Angeles metro area both in GDP and population.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by raverbashing on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:31PM (#11971744)
Are you sure?

It seems it's comparable in size, but not smaller

Take a look http://mapfrappe.com/?show=40241 (it's a rough sketch of Switzerland but the size should be right)

Edit: yes, I think parent meant population, not actual size

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by runako on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:34PM (#11971776)
You're right that Switzerland is physically bigger than the LA metro area. I didn't compare land masses.

Edit: Also, Wikipedia is possibly a better source for comparing sizes of landmasses.

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