[dmurray]

Actually, Germany has a higher GDP (4.4t USD/year) [0] than any of the 50 US states, led by California [1] at 3.6t USD/year.

Perhaps you meant GDP per capita, which would make you correct, but your post certainly wasn't phrased that way.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...