For once @lychee isn't posting a poll! So I was looking at the economic breakdowns of several countries, and I was kind of fascinated because they didn't always reflect what I had in my imagination. I'm going to repost a handful here, and are there any items that particularly surprise you? Spoiler: countries China: USA: Japan: India: Brazil: Russia: Discussion topic: If you had your own imaginary/fictional country, what would your country's exports look like?
I just wonder how big your AV industry must be to make like.... idk an average-country-scale $300B in GDP? XD
If you click on the link on OP, you can search whatever country you want, see the import/export breakdown, and mouse over anything you can't read.
Out of United States exports: Blood was 1.34% of it's total 1.3trillion in exports. Blood was the US 12th largest export. Where does all that blood go? Very cool site!
In my naivety, I believed countries import things they don't have enough of and export things they have too much of. I was wrong. ... These charts have revealed the truth to me: We all just pass shit around like we're playing the world's most complex game of hot potato.
AI Robotic 'helpers', Genetically engineered cat 'helpers', organs & clone bodies, lab engineered foods, all types of drugs.
It seems like nothing I use was imported directly from USA. Step up your game, guys. I don't drink imported blood either, so that's useless to me. I only drink local blood.