When compared to other countries, and other prosperous American states, the
American West
and its eleven constituant states have strong economies.
The powerhouse of the West is California, but the other states are still worthy of attention.
Combined together they are an attractive market that we strive to serve.
The following table compares the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
as determined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for sovereign nations
and the US Department of Commerce for the individual American states.
The Western American states are in red and the other large economy American states are in blue.
| Region | GDP in US$1,000,000 |
| United States | 21,439,453 |
| European Union | 18,705,132 |
| China | 14,140,163 |
| American West | 5,363,812 |
| Japan | 5,154,475 |
| Germany | 3,863,344 |
| California | 3,123,732 |
| India | 2,935,570 |
| United Kingdom | 2,743,586 |
| France | 2,707,074 |
| Italy | 1,988,636 |
| Texas | 1,896,063 |
| New York | 1,740,745 |
| Canada | 1,730,914 |
| Russia | 1,637,892 |
| South Korea | 1,629,532 |
| Spain | 1,397,870 |
| Australia | 1,376,255 |
| Mexico | 1,274,175 |
| Florida | 1,100,721 |
| Netherlands | 902,355 |
| Illinois | 901,572 |
| Pennsylvania | 817,216 |
| Switzerland | 715,360 |
| Ohio | 701,438 |
| New Jersey | 648,984 |
| Georgia | 619,818 |
| Washington | 603,772 |
| Massachusetts | 599,092 |
| North Carolina | 590,711 |
| Taiwan | 586,104 |
| Poland | 565,854 |
| Virginia | 557,144 |
| Michigan | 543,977 |
| Sweden | 528,929 |
| Belgium | 517,609 |
| Austria | 447,718 |
| Norway | 417,627 |
| Colorado | 388,731 |
| Israel | 387,717 |
| Ireland | 384,940 |
| Hong Kong | 372,989 |
| Arizona | 364,277 |
| Singapore | 362,818 |
| Denmark | 347,176 |
| Finland | 269,654 |
| Oregon | 250,402 |
| Czech Republic | 246,953 |
| Portugal | 236,408 |
| New Zealand | 204,671 |
| Utah | 187,416 |
| Nevada | 176,862 |
| Hungary | 170,407 |
| New Mexico | 103,814 |
| Idaho | 80,446 |
| Luxembourg | 69,453 |
| Lithuania | 53,641 |
| Montana | 51,933 |
| Wyoming | 39,788 |
| Latvia | 35,045 |
| Estonia | 31,038 |
| Iceland | 23,918 |
| Malta | 14,859 |
