This is a 1977 Suzuki AP50. It has a 50cc engine, it puts out a massive 4.8hp, and can rattle, weave and fart all the way up to 55mph (official stats, although I have heard of them hitting 63mph). Behind it is a 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa. This produces 180hp, and has a top speed of around 194mph. Why are they here? Well the Hayabusa has a 1350cc engine, 27 times the size of the AP50. This is the difference in size between Britain and Brazil. Ta daaa...

Ok, I've decided that to keep things as simple as possible, and so I can keep the recognisable shape, I should use the whole area of the British Isles for calculations. It does include ALL islands of course, but gives a better idea. So with that area being 315,134km2 there are actually 27 Britains to one Brazil. I suck at making decisions like this!

Ok, now here is a real shocker. I know you chaps out there can see a world map and can see a huuuge country like the beautiful Brazil is clearly a bit bigger than our little island, but look at this. WE ARE LOST IN IT! I've plonked us just above the insanely remote capital, Brasilia, and you can see from the map, that it takes about the whole of the length of the UK to get from there to Rio de Janeiro on the coast, and compared to the whole country it looks like nothing! Brazil is seriously big, 8,514,877km2, that is THIRTY FIVE BRITAINS!!! That would be 35 Londons, 35 Manchesters, and yes, sadly, 35 Plymouths. But look at the scale. I will try and break this down a little into other stas but for now just look...

The Philippines

Here is my first map. The British Isles sitting next to the Philippines, off the coast of Asia. I went there a few years ago, and was never sure if it was bigger or smaller than the UK. Well as you can see, it is certainly more spread out, with a large number of islands, although none in themselves as big as Britain. Of course with a total landmass of 299,764km2 it is around 56,000km2 bigger, but then it is far more fragmented, but now you can see what that means. Yes, it means that the Philippines is bigger. Like on the map.

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