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California’s GDP is now twice as large as Russia’s.

Yet the President of the United States seems to spend a lot of time trying to make Russians happy, and zero time making Californians happy.

I wish we had the same outsized influence over the US federal policy as well.

The title almost implies that CA had some unnatural acceleration to put it past japan. I think it's more that japan has been declining.

This won't last once the US population starts declining. We've been held afloat by immigration but even that's running out.

Japan was ahead of the curve in terms of modernity. Looking at them is almost like looking at our own future.

And Japan is still the most peaceful place to live!