a much wider set of maps based non-geographic country data existed at the worldmapper project[0], e.g. gdp[1] and violent deaths[2], it's a very interesting site although the visualization is not the best possible imvho.

[0]http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html

[1]http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?sel...

[2]http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?sel...

Wow, Bangladesh.

Population greater than Russia. Area slightly smaller than Montana.