Did you know Texas is 'bigger' than Russia?

Ok, so Texas may not be bigger than Russsia geographically, but it does produce more GDP than Russia. See Economist's map of country GDPs compared to the US states' "GDP", where the US states are compared to the GDPs of various nations for some interesting comparisons:

"GDP" of Texas - $1,145 billion
GDP of Russia - $1, 232 biollion