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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 04:41:03 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 1 Nov 2024 04:35:08 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> Says someone from a little island ...
> 
> You have no idea, do you?
> 
> <https://x.com/HelenClarkNZ/status/1157885933321981952?s=20>

FFS, Montana is 147,040 sq mi, NZ is 103,483 sq mi. There's not much in 
eastern Montana but prairie dogs, so we could drop your island out there.

That's 1 state out of 50 and it's only the 4th largest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area

The Aussies have a good idea of the size of the US; Europeans and Kiwis 
don't.