(Images are in order from top down, left to right: Counties in bioregion of cascadia, spreadsheet mentioned in paragraph 2, and map of bioregion with state and country borders)

The estimate for the GDP of Cascadia on Wikipedia is Washington, Oregon, and BC combined, so i decided to try and do it for the bioregion.

So I overlayed the bioregion map of Cascadia with this map of United States counties and did a rough “line of best fit”-ish coloring in.

I then found the GDP per capita of each of the states, and the population of each of the counties and found out the GDP of each of the regions that i sliced out by adding up the population of the counties and then multiplying by GDP per capita. Adding them together (along with British Columbia) gives a more accurate estimate of the Cascadian GDP.

Wikipedia lists the GDP of independent Cascadia at ~$825,000,000,000 USD while my “Cascadia County Collection Map” gives ~$956,800,000,000 USD





● Raw Numbers:

• Population: 18,424,064

• GDP: $956,827,000,000 USD

• GDP per capita: $51,933.53 USD

• Area: 1,942,491.08 sq km or 750,000 sq mi







● Comparisons: (all figures in parentheses are Cascadia / comparing country)

• Its population would be comparable to Syria (99.24%) or Chile (101.27%) placing it 62nd in the world.

• Its GDP is comparable to Indonesia (107.67%) placing it 16th in the world.

• Its GDP per capita (per person) is comparable to the United States (95.52%) or Saudi Arabia (99.27%) placing it 11th in the world.

• Its land area would be comparable to Mexico (98.88%) placing it 14th in the world.







● Comparisons: (US States)

• Its population would be comparable to New York (93.07%)

• Its GDP is comparable to Florida (108.27%)

• Its GDP per capita (per person) is comparable to New York (97.86%)

• Its land area would be comparable to 2.8 Texases or 1.12 Alaskas







● Other Fun Facts

• (I am not qualified to talk about this. I used Wikipedia and Google) The suicide rate in Cascadia would be 14.19 out of every 100,000 people placing it 35th, between Iceland (14) and Belgium (14.2). This rate was calculated by taking the suicide rate per 100,000 people for each state (and BC) and finding out how many people would kill themselves for each region, and then total them and make it proportional.

• Climate would be as described on Wikipedia

• The Pacific Northwest is one of the world’s largest producers of hydroelectric power



• The Population Density of Cascadia would be 9.484 people per sq km or 24.57 people per sq mi



• The area from Vancouver BC to Portland OR would encompass 80% of the population of Cascadia but only 17% of the land. Zipf’s Law amirite?



• Washington is powerful i guess…





Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(bioregion) (land area, linked for climate, etc.)



2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) (for GDP)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_area (For area and pop density)

4. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6345a10.htm

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita (GDP per capita)

6. http://www.measureofamerica.org/maps/ (for county data)

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_per_capita (state comparisons)

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area (for state comparisons





If I got anything wrong, missed anything, or you have any criticisms or concerns, please tell me! Have a great day! :D