East Indian blogger (now residing in Philadelphia) ratnose has linked to Impearls' latest table of the world economies; thanks very much.  I also note that a day or two ago he posted a piece “My say on the Iraq war,” in which ratnose writes:

“why did US choose to act now against Iraq.  Why not a year earlier or when Clinton was in office.  Why now?  what prompted Bush to act on Iraq now?”

As a person who vigorously opposed Bush during the 2000 election, I can try to answer ratnose's questions.

1.  “Why not a year earlier?”  A year earlier the Afghanistan war was still being wrapped up.  A year's worth of preparations, rebuilding spent munitions, etc., for war with Iraq had not yet been completed.

2.  “Why not when Clinton was in office?”  Frankly — speaking as one voted for Clinton the entire term he was in office — he didn't have the balls.  I believe Clinton was psychologically incapable of implacably waging war with a goal of victory, rather than just expending “tit for tat” strikes against a horrific foe with no end result.  Perhaps I'm being unfair given his creditable record with the Kosovo (air) war.  However, the fact is that Clinton got Congress to “declare war” on Saddam Hussein in 1998, and then did nothing effective about it.  He struck at Bin Laden once — but ineffectively.  Where's the determination that would win a war (a war we did not start)?  Force should be used effectively or not at all.  The plan is to use it effectively now against Iraq.

3.  “Why now?”  Because we're ready, mentally and physically.  Because waiting would inevitably trip that up in any number of ways.  (Plus wintertime is needed to accomplish the job, given the climate and necessity of wearing chemical-warfare protection suits.)

4.  “What prompted Bush to act on Iraq now?”  September 11, 2001, followed by time getting ready.
 

UPDATE:  2003-02-06 14:30 UT:  One other point, inspired by a comment left in ratnose's blog.  In my view there is absolutely no need to prove or even assume a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein in regards to September 11, 2001.  Whether or not they were associated at the time, they clearly could or have become associated since, or might in the future.  The supposed ideological gulf between Al Qaeda and the Baathists cannot be assumed to be unbridgeable, given the personality of Saddam Hussein and the well known aphorism from the region, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”  Even we, America and the West, made common cause with Stalin during World War II.  The U.S. cannot risk its population on any assumption as dubious as that.

UPDATE:  2003-02-22 00:00 UT:  This entire set of tables has been updated and republished here.
 

To restate Impearls' recent table on the largest economies of the world using a revised color-coding scheme, following is the updated table, based on the CIA's 2002 World Factbook, of all the world's economies (including U.S. states amongst the nations) having GDPs, during 2001, in excess of $200 billion U.S. dollars.  Note that California's Los Angeles County is now included, though not given a rank, among the economies of the states and nations (only they are ranked).  See the Legend at the end of each of the following tables for the color-coding scheme.  Also, for further information about the tables, see the Key to the Tables below.
 

Rank		State	Area (km2)	Pop. 2002-07 (106) CIA 2002 Factbook			2001 GDP (1012 US$) CIA Factbook (PPP)			2001 GDP (exch.rate)
1		United States	9,629,091	280.562,489				10.082			10.082
2		China	9,596,960	1,284.303,705				5.56			1.159
3		Japan	377,835	126.974,628				3.45			4.141
4		India	3,287,590	1,045.845,226				2.5			0.481
5		Germany	356,973	83.251,851				2.174			1.846
6		France	547,030	59.765,983				1.51			1.310
7		United Kingdom	244,820	59.778,002				1.47			1.424
8		Italy	301,230	57.715,625				1.402			1.089
9		California	411,049	34.501,130		†		1.344,623	‡		1.309
10		Brazil	8,511,965	176.029,560				1.34			0.504
11		Russia	17,075,200	144.978,573				1.2			0.310
12		Mexico	1,972,550	103.400,165				0.920			0.618
13		Canada	9,976,140	31.902,268				0.875			0.694
14		South Korea	98,480	48.324				0.865			0.422
15		New York	127,190	19.011,378		†		0.799,202	‡
16		Spain	504,782	40.077,100				0.757			0.582
17		Texas	691,030	21.325,018		†		0.742,274	‡
18		Indonesia	1,919,440	231.328,092				0.687
19		Florida	151,939	16.396,515		†		0.472,105	‡
20		Illinois	145,934	12.482,301		†		0.467,284	‡
21		Australia	7,686,850	19.546,792				0.465,9			0.357
22		Argentina	2,766,890	37.812,817				0.453			0.269
23		Turkey	780,580	67.308,928				0.443
24		Iran	1,648,000	66.622,704				0.426
25		Netherlands	41,532	16.067,754				0.413			0.380
26		South Africa	1,219,912	43.647,658				0.412
27		Thailand	514,000	62.354,402				0.410
28		Pennsylvania	117,348	12.287,150		†		0.403,985	‡
29		Taiwan	36,000	22.548,009				0.386			0.282
30		Ohio	107,044	11.373,541		†		0.372,640	‡
31		New Jersey	20,168	8.484,431		†		0.363,089	‡
32		Poland	312,685	38.625,478				0.339,6
		Los Angeles County	10,518	9.637,494		†		0.339	**		0.339
33		Philippines	300,000	84.525,639				0.335
34		Michigan	151,586	9.990,817		†		0.325,384	‡
35		Pakistan	803,940	147.663,429				0.299
36		Georgia	152,576	8.383,915		†		0.296,142	‡
37		Massachusetts	21,456	6.379,304		†		0.284,934	‡
38		North Carolina	136,412	8.186,268		†		0.281,741	‡
39		Belgium	30,528	10.274,595				0.267,7			0.230
40		Virginia	105,586	7.187,734		†		0.261,355	‡
41		Egypt	1,001,450	70.712,345				0.258
42		Colombia	1,138,910	41.008,227				0.255
43		Saudi Arabia	1,960,582	23.513,330				0.241
44		Bangladesh	143,998	133.376,684				0.230
45		Switzerland	41,290	7.301,994				0.226			0.247
46		Austria	83,858	8.169,929				0.220
47		Washington	176,479	5.987,973		†		0.219,937	‡
48		Sweden	449,964	8.876,744				0.219			0.210
49		Ukraine	603,700	48.396,470				0.205
50		Malaysia	329,750	22.662,365				0.200
		Legend
1		NATO or invited to join
2		U.S. state or associate
3		Other U.S. allies
4		Troublesome countries
5		Ex-troublesome
6		Former Yugoslavia
7		Former Soviet Union

To extend Impearls' table of the top economies in the world (above), following is the continuation, also based on the CIA's 2002 World Factbook, of most of the remaining economies of the world (including U.S. states amongst the nations) having GDPs, during 2001, less than $200 billion U.S. dollars.
 

Rank		State	Area (km2)	Pop. 2002-07 (106) CIA 2002 Factbook			2001 GDP (1012 US$) CIA Factbook (PPP)
51		Indiana	94,309	6.114,745		†		0.192,195	‡
52		Greece	131,940	10.645,343				0.189,7
53		Maryland	27,092	5.375,156		†		0.186,108	‡
54		Minnesota	218,601	4.972,294		†		0.184,766	‡
55		Hong Kong	1,092	7.303,334				0.180
56		Missouri	180,516	5.629,707		†		0.178,845	‡
57		Tennessee	109,152	5.740,021		†		0.178,362	‡
58		Algeria	2,381,740	32.277,942				0.177
59		Portugal	92,391	10.084,245				0.174,1
60		Wisconsin	145,436	5.401,906		†		0.173,478	‡
61		Vietnam	331,041	81.098,416				0.168,1
62		Colorado	269,596	4.417,714		†		0.167,918	‡
63		Connecticut	12,997	3.425,074		†		0.159,288	‡
64		Arizona	295,260	5.307,331		†		0.156,303	‡
65		Chile	756,950	15.498,930				0.153
66		Romania	237,500	22.317,730				0.152,7
67		Denmark	43,094	5.368,854				0.149,8
68		Czech Republic	78,866	10.256,760				0.147,9
69		Venezuela	912,050	24.287,670				0.146,2
70		Norway	324,220	4.525,116				0.138,7
71		Louisiana	123,677	4.465,430		†		0.137,700	‡
72		Finland	337,030	5.183,545				0.133,5
73		Peru	1,285,220	27.949,639				0.132
74		Hungary	93,030	10.075,034				0.120,9
75		Alabama	133,915	4.464,356		†		0.119,921	‡
76		Israel	20,770	6.029,529				0.119
77		Oregon	251,418	3,472,867		†		0.118,637	‡
78		Kentucky	104,659	4.065,556		†		0.118,508	‡
79		South Carolina	80,582	4.063,011		†		0.113,377	‡
80		Morocco	446,550	31.167,783				0.112
81		Singapore	648	4.452,732				0.106,3
82		Nigeria	923,768	129.934,911				0.105,9
83		Ireland (state)	70,285	3.883,159				0.104,7
84		Kazakhstan	2,717,300	16.741,519				0.098,1
85		Oklahoma	181,185	3.460,097		†		0.091,773	‡
86		Iowa	145,753	2.923,179		†		0.089,600	‡
87		Kansas	213,098	2.694,641		†		0.085,063	‡
88		Belarus	207,600	10.335,382				0.084,8
89		New Zealand	268,680	3.908,037				0.075,4
90		Nevada	286,352	2.106,074		†		0.074,745	‡
91		Utah	219,889	2.269,789		†		0.068,549	‡
92		Arkansas	137,754	2.692,090		†		0.067,724	‡
93		Mississippi	123,514	2.858,029		†		0.067,315	‡
94		Tunisia	163,610	9.815,644				0.064,5
95		Burma	678,500	42.238,224				0.063
96		Sri Lanka	65,610	19.576,783				0.062,7
97		Slovakia	48,845	5.422,366				0.062
98		Uzbekistan	447,400	25.563,441				0.062
99		District of Columbia	179	0.571,822		†		0.059,397	‡
100		Iraq	437,072	24.001,816				0.059
101		Nebraska	200,349	1.713,235		†		0.056,072	‡
102		New Mexico	314,925	1.829,146		†		0.054,364	‡
103		Syria	185,180	17.155,814				0.054,2
104		United Arab Emirates	83,600	2.445,989				0.051
105		Dominican Republic	48,730	8.721,594				0.050
106		Sudan	2,505,810	37.090,298				0.049,3
107		Guatemala	108,889	13.314,079				0.048,3
108		Bulgaria	110,910	7.621,337				0.048
109		New Hampshire	24,032	1.259,181		†		0.047,708	‡
110		Ethiopia	1,127,127	67.673,031				0.046
111		Puerto Rico	9,104	3.957,988				0.043,9
112		Hawaii (state)	16,729	1.224,398		†		0.042,364	‡
113		West Virginia	62,760	1.801,916		†		0.042,271	‡
114		Libya	1,759,540	5.368,585				0.040
115		Ecuador	283,560	13.447,494				0.039,6
116		Ghana	239,460	20.244,154				0.039,4
117		Idaho	216,432	1.321,006		†		0.037,031	‡
118		Rhode Island (state)	2,707	1.058,920		†		0.036,453	‡
119		Delaware	5,294	0.796,165		†		0.036,336	‡
120		Croatia	56,538	4.390,751				0.036,1
121		Maine	86,156	1.286,670		†		0.035,981	‡
122		Nepal	147,181	25.873,917				0.035,6
123		Congo D.R. (Kinshasa)	2,345,410	55.225,478				0.032
124		Costa Rica	51,100	3.834,934				0.031,9
125		Slovenia	20,253	1.932,917				0.031
126		Uruguay	176,215	3.386,575				0.031
127		Kenya	582,650	31.138,735				0.031
128		Kuwait	17,820	2.111,561				0.030,9
129		Uganda	236,040	24.699,073				0.029
130		El Salvador	21,041	6.353,681				0.028,4
131		Zimbabwe	390,580	11.376,676				0.028
132		Alaska	1,530,700	0.634,892		†		0.027,747	‡
133		Lithuania	65,200	3.601,138				0.027,4
134		Cameroon	475,440	16.184,748				0.026,4
135		Paraguay	406,752	5.884,491				0.026,2
136		Cuba	110,860	11.224,321				0.025,5
137		Côte d'Ivoire	322,460	16.804,784				0.025,5
138		Azerbaijan	86,600	7.798,497				0.024,3
139		Yugoslavia	102,350	10.656,929				0.024
		Serbia (Republic)	88,361	9.721,177		*		N.A.
		Serbia (proper)	55,968	5.753,825		*		N.A.
		Vojvodina	21,506	2.012,605		*		N.A.
		Kosovo	10,887	1.954,747		*		N.A.
		Montenegro	13,812	0.626,000		*		N.A.
140		South Dakota	199,730	0.756,600		†		0.023,192	‡
141		Tanzania	945,087	37.187,939				0.022,1
142		North Korea	120,540	22.224,195				0.021,8
143		Montana	380,848	0.904,433		†		0.021,777	‡
144		Jordan	89,213	5.307,470				0.021,6
145		Oman	212,460	2.713,462				0.021,5
146		Turkmenistan	488,100	4.688,963				0.021,5
147		Bolivia	1,098,580	8.445,134				0.021,4
148		Afghanistan	652,000	27.755,775				0.021
149		Wyoming	253,326	0.494,423		†		0.019,294	‡
150		Luxembourg	2,586	0.448,569				0.019,2
151		Lebanon	10,230	3.677,780				0.018,8
152		Cambodia	181,916	12.775,324				0.018,7
153		Latvia	64,589	2.366,515				0.018.6
154		Vermont	24,900	0.613,090		†		0.018,411	‡
155		North Dakota	183,119	0.634,448		†		0.018,283	‡
156		Mozambique	801,590	19.607,519				0.017,5
157		Honduras	112,088	6.560,608				0.017
158		Panama	75,517	2.882,329				0.016,9
159		Qatar	11,427	0.793,341				0.016,3
160		Senegal	196,190	10.589,571				0.016,2
161		Georgia	69,700	4.960,951				0.015,5
162		Guinea	245,857	7.775,065				0.015
163		Yemen	527,970	18.701,257				0.014,8
164		Estonia	45,226	1.415,681				0.014,3
165		Madagascar	587,040	16.473,477				0.014
166		Kyrgyzstan	198,500	4.822,166				0.013,5
167		Angola	1,246,700	10.593,171				0.013,3
168		Albania	28,748	3.544,841				0.013,2
169		Mauritius	2,040	1.200,206				0.012,9
170		Burkina Faso	274,200	12.603,185				0.012,8
171		Botswana	600,370	1.591,232				0.012,4
172		Nicaragua	130,700	5.023,818				0.012,3
173		Papua New Guinea	462,840	5.172,033				0.012,2
174		Haiti	27,750	7.063,722				0.012
175		Moldova	33,843	4.434,547				0.011,3
176		Armenia	29,800	3.330,099				0.011,2
177		Cyprus	9,251	0.767,314				0.011
178		Trinidad-Tobago	5,128	1.163,724				0.010,6
179		Jamaica	10,990	2.680,029				0.009,8
180		Laos	236,800	5.777,180				0.009,2
181		Mali	1,240,000	11.340,480				0.009,2
182		Macedonia	25,333	2.054,800				0.009
183		Chad	1,284,000	8.997,237				0.008,9
184		Zambia	752,614	9.959,037				0.008,5
185		Bahrain	692	0.656,397				0.008.4
186		Niger	1,267,000	10.639,744				0.008,4
187		Namibia	825,418	1.820,916				0.008,1
188		Macau	25	0.461,833				0.008
189		Togo	56,785	5.285,501				0.007,6
190		Tajikistan	143,100	6.719,567				0.007,5
191		Rwanda	26,338	7.398,074				0.007,2
192		Bosnia-Herzegovina	51,129	3.964,388				0.007
193		Malawi	118,480	10.701,824				0.007
194		Iceland	103,000	0.279,384				0.006,85
195		Benin	112,620	6.787,625				0.006,8
196		Gabon	267,667	1.233,353				0.006,7
197		Brunei	5,765	0.350,898				0.006,2
198		Malta	316	0.397,499				0.005,95
199		Lesotho	30,355	2.207,954				0.005,3
200		Bahamas	13,940	0.300,529				0.005
201		Mauritania	1,030,700	2.828,858				0.005
202		Mongolia	1,565,000	2.694,432				0.004,7
203		Swaziland	17,363	1.123,605				0.004,6
204		Central African Rep.	622,984	3.642,739				0.004,6
205		Fiji	18,270	0.856,346				0.004,4
206		Martinique	1,100	0.422,277				0.004,39
207		Somalia	637,657	7.753,310				0.004,1
208		Barbados	431	0.276,607				0.004
209		Guadeloupe	1,780	0.435,739				0.003,7
210		Burundi	27,830	6.373,002				0.003,7
211		Liberia	111,370	3.288,198				0.003,6
212		Réunion	2,512	0.743,981				0.003,4
213		Guam	549	0.160,796				0.003,2
214		Eritrea	121,320	4.465,651				0.003,2
215		New Caledonia	19,060	0.207,858				0.003,1
216		Sierra Leone	71,740	5.614,743				0.002,7
217		Guyana	215,083	0.698,209				0.002,5
218		Gambia	11,300	1.455,842				0.002,5
219		Bhutan	47,000	2.094,176				0.002,5
220		Congo R. (Brazzaville)	342,000	2.958,448				0.002,5
221		Netherlands Antilles	960	0.214,258				0.002,4
222		Bermuda	53	0.063,960				0.002,2
223		Jersey	116	0.089,775				0.002,2
224		West Bank	5,860	2.163,667				0.002,1
225		Aruba	193	0.070,441				0.001,94
226		U.S. Virgin Islands	352	0.123,498				0.001,8
227		Suriname	163,820	0.436,494				0.001,5
228		Man, Isle of	572	0.073,873				0.001,4
229		Guernsey	78	0.064,587				0.001,3
230		Andorra	468	0.068,403				0.001,3
231		French Polynesia	4,167	0.257,847				0.001,3
232		Maldives	300	0.320,165				0.001,2
233		Guinea-Bissau	36,120	1.345,479				0.001,2
234		Cayman Islands	262	0.036,273				0.001,18
235		Greenland	2,175,600	0.056,376				0.001,1
236		Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.498,144				0.001,04
237		French Guiana	91,000	0.182,333				0.001
238		San Marino	61	0.027,730				0.000,940
239		Faroe Islands	1,399	0.046,011				0.000,910
240		Northern Mariana Is.	477	0.077,311				0.000,900
241		Monaco	2	0.031,987				0.000,870
242		Belize	22,965	0.262,999				0.000,830
243		Solomon Islands	28,450	0.494,786				0.000,800
244		Gaza Strip	360	1.225,911				0.000,750
245		Liechtenstein	160	0.032,842				0.000,730
246		Saint Lucia	616	0.160,145				0.000,700
247		Antigua-Barbuda	443	0.067,448				0.000,674
248		Samoa	2,944	0.178,631				0.000,618
249		Seychelles	455	0.080,098				0.000,605
250		Cape Verde	4,033	0.408,760				0.000,600
251		Djibouti	23,000	0.472,810				0.000,586
252		Gibraltar	6	0.027,714				0.000,500
253		American Samoa	199	0.068,688				0.000,500
254		Grenada	344	0.089,211				0.000,424
255		Comoros	2,170	0.614,382				0.000,424
256		East Timor	15,007	0.952,618				0.000,415
257		Saint Kitts-Nevis	261	0.038,736				0.000,339
258		St. Vincent-Grenadines	389	0.116,394				0.000,339
259		British Virgin Islands	153	0.021,272				0.000,311
260		Micronesia, Fed. States	702	0.135,869				0.000,269
261		Dominica	754	0.070,158				0.000,262
262		Vanuatu	12,200	0.196,178				0.000,257
263		Tonga	748	0.106,137				0.000,225
264		São Tomé-Príncipe	1,001	0.170,372				0.000,189
265		Palau	458	0.019,409				0.000,174
266		Turks-Caicos Islands	430	0.018,738				0.000,128
267		Marshall Islands	181	0.073,630				0.000,115
268		Cook Islands	240	0.020,811				0.000,105
269		Anguilla	102	0.012,446				0.000,104
270		Mayotte	374	0.170,879				0.000,085
271		Kiribati	811	0.096,335				0.000,079
272		Saint-Pierre-Miquelon	242	0.006,954				0.000,074
273		Nauru	21	0.012,329				0.000,060
274		Falkland Islands	12,173	0.002,967				0.000,052
275		Montserrat	102	0.008,437				0.000,031
276		Wallis-Futuna	274	0.015,585				0.000,030
277		Saint Helena	410	0.007,317				0.000,018
278		Tuvalu	26	0.011,146				0.000,012,2
279		Niue	260	0.002,134				0.000,007,6
280		Tokelau	10	0.001,431				0.000,001,5
		Legend
1		NATO or invited to join
2		U.S. state or associate
3		Other U.S. allies
4		Troublesome countries
5		Ex-troublesome
6		Former Yugoslavia
7		Former Soviet Union

Rank		State	Area (km2)	Pop. 2002-07 (106) CIA 2002 Factbook			2001 GDP (1012 US$) CIA Factbook (PPP)
		Vatican City	< 1	0.000,900				N.A.
		Pitcairn Islands	5	0.000,047				N.A.
		Wake Island	6	0.000,124				N.A.
		Midway Islands	6	0.000,040				N.A.
		Iwo Jima	20	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		British Indian Ocean Terr.	60	0.003,500				N.A.
		Manhattan Island	60	1.541,150		†		N.A.
		Ternate Island	106	0.050,558		*		N.A.
		Tidore Island	116	0.028,655		*		N.A.
		Rhode Is. (Aquidneck Is.)	117	0.064,544		*		N.A.
		San Francisco, City of	122	0.770,723		†		N.A.
		Pribilof Islands	161	0.000,901		*		N.A.
		Easter Island	163	0.002,095		*		N.A.
		Niihau	186	0.000,230		*		N.A.
		Santa Catalina Island	192	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Lanai	363	0.002,426		*		N.A.
		Wight, Isle of	381	0.126,600		*		N.A.
		Cozumel Island	489	0.005,858		*		N.A.
		Komodo	520	0.030,407		*		N.A.
		Minorca	668	0.058,727		*		N.A.
		Molokai	676	0.006,587		*		N.A.
		Ambon Island	761	0.650,927		*		N.A.
		New York City	785	8.019,033		†		N.A.
		Madeira Islands	794	0.269,500		*		N.A.
		Selayar	899	0.095,484		*		N.A.
		Orkney Islands	976	0.019,450		*		N.A.
		Sangihe Islands	1,056	0.238,433		*		N.A.
		Talaud Islands	1,281	0.015,683		*		N.A.
		Rhodes	1,398	0.087,831		*		N.A.
		Kauai	1,433	0.051,177		*		N.A.
		Kai Islands	1,438	0.108,328		*		N.A.
		Åland Islands	1,527	0.024,515		*		N.A.
		Oahu	1,574	0.836,207		*		N.A.
		Muna Island	1,704	0.174,057		*		N.A.
		Morotai	1,800	0.027,333		*		N.A.
		Bacan	1,800	0.029,137		*		N.A.
		Nocobar Islands	1,841	0.039,022		*		N.A.
		Simeulue Island	1,844	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Maui	1,886	0.091,361		*		N.A.
		Solor Islands	2,082	0.014,761		*		N.A.
		Juventud Island	2,200	0.071,097		*		N.A.
		Azores	2,247	0.236,500		*		N.A.
		Okinawa (prefecture)	2,255	1.213,000		*		N.A.
		Alor Island	2,330	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Yapen Island	2,424	0.059,982		*		N.A.
		Biak Island	2,455	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Saaremaa	2,671	0.036,000		*		N.A.
		Unalaska Island	2,745	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Manitoulin Island	2,766	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Kupreanof Island	2,808	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Taliabu Island	2,900	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Revillagigedo Island	2,937	0.008,263		*		N.A.
		Funen (Fyn)	2,985	0.424,687		*		N.A.
		Gotland	3,001	0.055,987		*		N.A.
		Yosemite National Park	3,081	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Waigeo Island	3,100	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Yamdena Island	3,100	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Masbate	3,269	0.435,269		*		N.A.
		Vaygach Island	3,383	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Long Island	3,571	7.463,423		†		N.A.
		Siberut Island	3,600	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Wetar Island	3,600	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Socotra	3,600	0.051,000		*		N.A.
		Majorca	3,640	0.736,865		*		N.A.
		Euboea	3,655	0.185,626		*		N.A.
		Goa	3,702	1.168,622		*		N.A.
		Bohol	3,865	0.881,051		*		N.A.
		Glacier National Park	4,101	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Unimak Island	4,144	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Nunivak Island	4,144	0.000,177		*		N.A.
		Butung	4,200	0.317,124		*		N.A.
		Baranof Island	4,237	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Kangaroo Island	4,351	0.002,044		*		N.A.
		Cebu	4,422	2.646,000		*		N.A.
		Admiralty Island	4,426	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Is.	4,600	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Saint Lawrence Island	4,610	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Vendsyssel-Thy	4,686	0.309,834		*		N.A.
		Nias Island	4,772	0.468,375		*		N.A.
		Billiton	4,800	0.163,815		*		N.A.
		Sula (Arch.)	4,850	0.028,619		*		N.A.
		Faddeyevsky Island	5,000	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Balearic Islands	5,014	0.702,770		*		N.A.
		Edge (Svalbard)	5,030	N.A.				N.A.
		Kolguyev Island	5,200	0.000,300		*		N.A.
		Madura	5,290	2.686,803		*		N.A.
		Chichagof Island	5,341	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Lombok	5,435	1.957,128		*		N.A.
		Bali	5,561	2.766,000		*		N.A.
		Tanimbar Islands	5,625	0.055,405		*		N.A.
		Prince Edward Island	5,660	0.129,765		*		N.A.
		Melville Island	5,800	0.000,554		*		N.A.
		Everglades National Park	6,097	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Novaya Sibir Island	6,200	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Andaman Islands	6,408	0.240,089		*		N.A.
		Zealand (Sjaelland)	7,015	1.855,500		*		N.A.
		Prince of Wales Island	7,174	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Leyte	7,214	1.897,714		*		N.A.
		(Spanish) Basque Country	7,261	2.176,790		*		N.A.
		Canary Islands	7,273	1.522,380		*		N.A.
		Wrangel Island	7,300	N.A.		*		N.A.
		(French) Basque Country	7,645	0.573,900		*		N.A.
		French Southern-Antarctic	7,781	0.000,100				N.A.
		Anticosti Island	7,941	0.000,264		*		N.A.
		Galapagos Islands	7,994	0.009,243		*		N.A.
		Crete	8,261	0.536,980		*		N.A.
		Chiloé Island	8,394	0.067,821		*		N.A.
		Aru Islands	8,563	0.034,195		*		N.A.
		Disko Island	8,578	N.A.		*		N.A.
		New Ireland	8,651	0.078,900		*		N.A.
		Corsica	8,681	0.249,737		*		N.A.
		Yellowstone National Park	8,983	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Komsomolets Island	9,006	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Kodiak Island	9,293	0.013,309		*		N.A.
		Buru	9,505	0.037,624		*		N.A.
		Prince Charles Island	9,521	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Queen Charlotte Islands	9,596	0.005,316		*		N.A.
		Mindoro	9,735	0.833,000		*		N.A.
		Bougainville Island	10,049	0.109,000		*		N.A.
		Cape Breton Island	10,311	0.120,098		*		N.A.
		Hawaii (Big Island)	10,433	0.120,317		*		N.A.
		Bylot Island	11,067	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Sumba	11,153	0.355,073		*		N.A.
		Ellef Ringnes Island	11,295	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Bolshevik Island	11,312	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Bangka	11,330	0.399,855		*		N.A.
		Panay	11,515	2.595,314		*		N.A.
		Yos Sudarsa	11,600	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Kotelny Island	11,665	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Palawan	11,785	0.311,548		*		N.A.
		Northland (Pen., N.Z.)	12,604	0.134,000		*		N.A.
		Negros	12,710	3.168,000		*		N.A.
		Samar	13,080	1.200,592		*		N.A.
		King William Island	13,111	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Northern Ireland	14,120	1.610,000		*		N.A.
		Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsi Is.	14,170	N.A.		*		N.A.
		North East Land (Svalbard)	14,210	N.A.				N.A.
		Flores	14,250	1.249,052		*		N.A.
		Kaliningrad (oblast)	15,100	0.886,900		*		N.A.
		Sumbawa	15,448	0.304,134		*		N.A.
		(German) Jutland (Pen.)	15,729	2.564,565		*		N.A.
		Prince Patrick Island	15,848	N.A.		*		N.A.
		West Timor	15,850	0.700,907		*		N.A.
		Bathurst Island	16,042	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Katmai National Park	16,550	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Ceram	17,148	0.092,187		*		N.A.
		Aleutian Islands	17,666	0.011,942		*		N.A.
		Halmahera	17,780	0.093,895		*		N.A.
		Shikoku	18,292	4.195,106		*		N.A.
		Chechnya	19,300	1.306,400		*		N.A.
		Ilha do Bananal	20,000	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Wales	20,768	2.906,500		*		N.A.
		Peloponnese (Pen.)	21,439	N.A.		*		N.A.
		(Argen.) Tierra del Fuego	21,571	0.069,323		*		N.A.
		European Turkey (Thrace)	23,719	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Sardinia	23,813	1.657,562		*		N.A.
		Somerset Island	24,786	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Sicily	25,460	5.172,785		*		N.A.
		(Chilean) Tierra del Fuego	26,491	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Brittany	27,209	2.815,900		*		N.A.
		(Danish) Jutland (Pen.)	29,775	2.373,555		*		N.A.
		Timor (island)	30,724	1.382,207		*		N.A.
		Vancouver Island	31,285	0.571,493		*		N.A.
		Yuzhny (Novaya Zemlya)	33,275	0.000,400		*		N.A.
		Prince of Wales Island	33,339	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Hainan	33,572	6.557,482		*		N.A.
		New Britain	36,500	0.263,500		*		N.A.
		Severnaya Zemlya (Arch.)	36,712	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Kyushu	36,717	13.368,000		*		N.A.
		New Siberian Islands	38,000	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Spitsbergen (island)	39,044	N.A.				N.A.
		Marajó Island	40,100	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Southampton Island	41,214	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Melville Island	42,149	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Axel Heiberg Island	43,178	N.A.		*		N.A.
		California's Great Valley	47,000	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Tierra del Fuego (island)	47,992	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Severny (Novaya Zemlya)	48,904	0.000,000		*		N.A.
		Devon Island	55,247	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Svalbard (Arch.)	62,049	0.002,868				N.A.
		Tasmania	67,800	0.452,847		*		N.A.
		Banks Island	70,028	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Moluccas (Arch.)	74,505	1.741,800		*		N.A.
		Hispaniola (island)	76,192	N.A.				N.A.
		Sakhalin Island	76,400	0.681,000		*		N.A.
		Hokkaido	77,978	5.659,000		*		N.A.
		Scotland	78,783	4.957,300		*		N.A.
		Novaya Zemlya (Arch.)	82,600	0.000,400		*		N.A.
		Ireland (island)	84,406	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Mindanao	94,630	13.232,000		*		N.A.
		Luzon	104,688	30,660,000		*		N.A.
		Newfoundland (Island)	112,790	0.568,474		*		N.A.
		North Island (N.Z.)	114,489	2.553,413		*		N.A.
		Java	126,897	102.873,397		*		N.A.
		England	130,439	48.378,400		*		N.A.
		West Malaysia (Malay Pen.)	131,598	15.261,600		*		N.A.
		South Island (N.Z.)	151,971	0.881,537		*		N.A.
		Ellesmere Island	196,236	N.A.		*		N.A.
		East Malaysia (Borneo)	198,160	3.815,400		*		N.A.
		Great Britain	216,777	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Victoria Island	217,291	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Celebes	227,654	11.552,917		*		N.A.
		Honshu	227,898	N.A.		*		N.A.
		Western Sahara	266,000	0.256,177				N.A.
		Irian Jaya	412,981	1.648,708		*		N.A.
		Sumatra	473,606	35.835,000		*		N.A.
		Baffin Island	507,451	0.003,552		*		N.A.
		Kalimantan (Ind. Borneo)	549,032	8.637,000		*		N.A.
		Borneo	734,000	12.305,000		*		N.A.
		New Guinea (island)	800,000	N.A.				N.A.
		Tibet	1,221,600	2.079,000		*		N.A.
		Antarctica	14,000,000	0.001,000				N.A.
		Legend
1		NATO or invited to join
2		U.S. state or associate
3		Other U.S. allies
4		Troublesome countries
5		Ex-troublesome
6		Former Yugoslavia
7		Former Soviet Union