Regarding the question of regions and economic performance, I've created a map of some Western European countries' regions reflecting their recent GDP per capita numbers (2006, pre-crisis).
I used Eurostat's numbers, which they adjust for purchasing power parity.
I purposefully left off national political borders in this one:
Here's a version with national political borders:
I hadn't seen a map before with regional economic gradations this fine (the scale I made is shown on the right). I too, like Maciamo, am interested in how genetically-influenced character traits can affect things like economic performance, and I hope this map can be of interest / use to some here.
I used Eurostat's numbers, which they adjust for purchasing power parity.
I purposefully left off national political borders in this one:
Here's a version with national political borders:
I hadn't seen a map before with regional economic gradations this fine (the scale I made is shown on the right). I too, like Maciamo, am interested in how genetically-influenced character traits can affect things like economic performance, and I hope this map can be of interest / use to some here.