The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the Virginia governor's race results based on the population of each county.  The more populous a county is, the larger it is on the map.  Looking at a map of Virginia with the results of this race, the entire state is painted red leading the casual observer to believe that the Republican candidate, Ed Gillespie, won the race.  However, the map above shows that those small pockets of blue are very populous and what they lack in geography they more than make up for in votes and it gives a better picture as to how the Democratic candidate, Ralph Northam, won the race.

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the borders of the nations in the region based on their per capita GDP.  Qatar becomes the largest state in the region by far and is nearly double the size of the second largest state.

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the borders of the nations in the region based on their population.  Iraq becomes the largest country with Saudi Arabia a close second.

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the borders of the nations in the region based on the number of active military personnel.  Once again, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia dominates its neighbors.

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the borders of the nations in the region based on oil production.  Surprisingly, Saudi Arabia shrinks in size, however, it still remains the largest state in the region.

This week, the focus is on the Arabian Peninsula as recent events there are causing global concern.  The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the nations in the region based on gross domestic product.

This geographically accurate cartogram represents how the EU's borders would have been had they been drawn up according to each country's GDP.  The United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy take up large swaths of the Union leaving the remaining states crunched up against each other.

Altering the borders of the European Union based on the number of military personnel each state has creates an unrecognizable European Union.  In this geographically accurate cartogram, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Greece expand their borders drastically while Sweden and Finland cede much of their territory.

Short-term rates continued their steady rise in October and medium and long-term rates tempered their rise from the previous month.  The yield curve narrowed after widening in the previous month.  Short-term rates have slowed their rise in rates but October breaks with the previous two months where the one-month bill had a session with higher rates than the three-month bill.  That is, the one-month bill maintained the lowest rate throughout the month for the first time in three months.  That is a promising sign as a narrowing of the yield curve from the bottom up has been a steadfast indicator of recession.  All rates rose in October.

Expanding on yesterday's post where Europe's borders were redrawn based on the Public Land Survey System, today's post will redraw the United States' borders on the metes and bounds system used east of the Mississippi River and in Europe.  The map above shows what the United States could look like if the country's borders were drawn based on metes and bounds instead of range and township.