The Bay Area has a larger GDP than the country of Mexico.
That's not true.
Spain: $1.23 trillion
Saudi Arabia: $639b, UAE: $371b, Egypt: $332b
Those three combined are larger than Spain's economy.
Then you also have Iraq: $167b, Algeria: $160b Qatar: $156b, Morocco: $103b, Sudan $94b, etc.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area#Economy https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/gdp
The Bay Area has a larger GDP than the country of Mexico.