Germany might be the worst European country for your example. I’m sure most Americans could name at least a few German provinces just from German prevalence in Western culture. France or Italy? No way.
US states also have considerably more autonomy than most of their European counterparts. It’s not at all an exaggeration to say US states operate as their own nations while the federal government mostly just handles international matters.
identifying states when most of them are just rectangles is damn annoying
This is true. Even as an American I doubt I could properly name all the Midwest and New England states on my first try.
I’m not American but I do live in Europe and I only know Bavaria as a province of Germany.
Can’t compare all the 50 states to full blown countries as most of them have low population. California though has like 60 million people, so everyone should know that one (and people do, it’s movies)
Can’t compare all the 50 states to full blown countries as most of them have low population.
Sure you can. The least populated US state(Wyoming) has about 50,000 more people than the least populated EU country(Malta). Every single state absolutely can be comparable to at the very least small countries. California alone has one of the highest GDPs in the world.
I feel like the majority of Americans could name at least Bavaria, Saxony, or Hamburg if asked.
24 US states have populations of over 5 million, ten of which being over 10 million. Like you said, states like California, Texas, Florida, and New York all have populations in the tens of millions. It isn’t like they’re all just hollow areas of land
Germany might be the worst European country for your example. I’m sure most Americans could name at least a few German provinces just from German prevalence in Western culture. France or Italy? No way.
US states also have considerably more autonomy than most of their European counterparts. It’s not at all an exaggeration to say US states operate as their own nations while the federal government mostly just handles international matters.
This is true. Even as an American I doubt I could properly name all the Midwest and New England states on my first try.
I’m not American but I do live in Europe and I only know Bavaria as a province of Germany.
Can’t compare all the 50 states to full blown countries as most of them have low population. California though has like 60 million people, so everyone should know that one (and people do, it’s movies)
Sure you can. The least populated US state(Wyoming) has about 50,000 more people than the least populated EU country(Malta). Every single state absolutely can be comparable to at the very least small countries. California alone has one of the highest GDPs in the world.
I feel like the majority of Americans could name at least Bavaria, Saxony, or Hamburg if asked.
24 US states have populations of over 5 million, ten of which being over 10 million. Like you said, states like California, Texas, Florida, and New York all have populations in the tens of millions. It isn’t like they’re all just hollow areas of land
From the US: I know those names, I didn’t know they were provinces. I thought they were cities to be honest.
Part of the problem, yes.