Is that Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and a bit of Germany? Just tbc.
Able-Stranger-9440 on
it’s always wild to see the sheer scale of the mismatch between landmass and gdp. the fact that you can fit the entire russian economy into basically just the benelux plus a chunk of germany is a top tier map porn moment tbh.
tiga_94 on
GDP is a bit misleading though, especially in case of ruzzia
as a country with excess resources and limited exporting capabilities (for coal, gas, oil, all of it) they have cheaper energy, so if you make a cheaper product using cheaper energy it lowers your GDP while you get the same product, it’s not like they’re producing anything meaningful but even simple agriculture and steel production are a lot cheaper there
and on the other side of the spectrum there is good old US of A where healthcare insurance scams and such are making a good few % of the GDP
I am not saying russians have a good economy, I am just saying GDP is a bad metric, very vague
same with military spending, the Netherlands spending about as much as Turkey doesn’t mean they have same military capabilities
Klahpztoul on
Rest In Peace Ijsselmeer, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland & Schiermonnikoog,
jhwheuer on
Now subtract the state economy and things look really dire
ImportanceLive9344 on
Now do PPP lol
Xiao_Sir on
Wuppertal mentioned 🚟
jore-hir on
Nominal values aren’t representative of real economy.
For example, the Ruble doubled in value from March to June 2022, and so did nominal Russian GDP. But nothing changed in terms of actual produced goods (like bombs…).
Don’t underestimate your opponents. Use appropriate data.
GRIG2410 on
I dislike Russia as much as you’d expect, but many times a country’s geostrategic position helps a hell of a lot more than pure statistics. Iran is keeping the US at bay even if it has a GDP 60 – 80 times smaller just because it can control the right trade node with a small amount of effort.
Liagon on
„Benelux but I had to balance it out with a düsseldorf“
AssociateWeak8857 on
That why you use PPP
enhelspecial on
Cant eat money. Russia is self sustaining with $75 trillion of untapped natural resources.
CheesecakeWitty5857 on
economy : maybe. Industry : clearly not.
standermatt on
I wonder if switzerland+surounding area would be smaller or larger (northern italy and southern germany are both pretty rich).
MuhammadAkmed on
what would it be like if Belgium and The Netherlands had totally phased out Russian gas imports?
Greencoat1815 on
Wauw, we got a united kingdom of the Netherlands AND we got Kleverland? Hell yeah.
cuterebro on
Good illustration of how unevenly European economy is distributed.
BIGBADLENIN on
If you remove natural resources and petrochemicals Denmark exports more goods than Russia
Greek_Bodybuilder995 on
Объединенные провинции вернулись
ValKyKaivbul on
And yet with such economic power Europe is afraid of Muscovites.. time to build good military
Numerous-Profile-872 on
My Dutch ancestors approve. 🌷
woutomatic on
This is a weird map of the Netherlands. Most of the Wadden Islands are gone and the IJsselmeer became land
I-am-Disc on
Honestly they fell so far, and deservedly so. For example, in 2025 they exported less total value than Poland, despite all those shadow fleet and Chinese gas pipelines shenanigans. Their energy behemoth, Gazprom, which not long ago supplied most of Europe with energy now has a smaller market cap than polish Orlen (refinery and fuel station corporation)
anxious-tortoise-404 on
Gekoloniseerd
CheezyMcCheezballz on
Make the Netherlands great again.
TransportationNo1 on
Belgium war economy when?
jfd851 on
and jet we are so afraid?
GuerrillaRodeo on
And now imagine *these* countries invading Ukraine.
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Is that Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and a bit of Germany? Just tbc.
it’s always wild to see the sheer scale of the mismatch between landmass and gdp. the fact that you can fit the entire russian economy into basically just the benelux plus a chunk of germany is a top tier map porn moment tbh.
GDP is a bit misleading though, especially in case of ruzzia
as a country with excess resources and limited exporting capabilities (for coal, gas, oil, all of it) they have cheaper energy, so if you make a cheaper product using cheaper energy it lowers your GDP while you get the same product, it’s not like they’re producing anything meaningful but even simple agriculture and steel production are a lot cheaper there
and on the other side of the spectrum there is good old US of A where healthcare insurance scams and such are making a good few % of the GDP
I am not saying russians have a good economy, I am just saying GDP is a bad metric, very vague
same with military spending, the Netherlands spending about as much as Turkey doesn’t mean they have same military capabilities
Rest In Peace Ijsselmeer, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland & Schiermonnikoog,
Now subtract the state economy and things look really dire
Now do PPP lol
Wuppertal mentioned 🚟
Nominal values aren’t representative of real economy.
For example, the Ruble doubled in value from March to June 2022, and so did nominal Russian GDP. But nothing changed in terms of actual produced goods (like bombs…).
Don’t underestimate your opponents. Use appropriate data.
I dislike Russia as much as you’d expect, but many times a country’s geostrategic position helps a hell of a lot more than pure statistics. Iran is keeping the US at bay even if it has a GDP 60 – 80 times smaller just because it can control the right trade node with a small amount of effort.
„Benelux but I had to balance it out with a düsseldorf“
That why you use PPP
Cant eat money. Russia is self sustaining with $75 trillion of untapped natural resources.
economy : maybe. Industry : clearly not.
I wonder if switzerland+surounding area would be smaller or larger (northern italy and southern germany are both pretty rich).
what would it be like if Belgium and The Netherlands had totally phased out Russian gas imports?
Wauw, we got a united kingdom of the Netherlands AND we got Kleverland? Hell yeah.
Good illustration of how unevenly European economy is distributed.
If you remove natural resources and petrochemicals Denmark exports more goods than Russia
Объединенные провинции вернулись
And yet with such economic power Europe is afraid of Muscovites.. time to build good military
My Dutch ancestors approve. 🌷
This is a weird map of the Netherlands. Most of the Wadden Islands are gone and the IJsselmeer became land
Honestly they fell so far, and deservedly so. For example, in 2025 they exported less total value than Poland, despite all those shadow fleet and Chinese gas pipelines shenanigans. Their energy behemoth, Gazprom, which not long ago supplied most of Europe with energy now has a smaller market cap than polish Orlen (refinery and fuel station corporation)
Gekoloniseerd
Make the Netherlands great again.
Belgium war economy when?
and jet we are so afraid?
And now imagine *these* countries invading Ukraine.