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Higher population
The country: close to 4 million (it's complicated). The state: close to 11 million
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Greater proportion of Christians
The country: 88%. The state: 80%.
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Has a long-established wine industry
The country has been producing wine since neolithic times. The state's wine industry was wiped out during Prohibition, and a new industry began in the 1980s.
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Has hosted the Olympic Games
Atlanta 1996
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Greater land area
The country: 69,700 sq km (26,900 sq mi). The state: 149,976 sq km (57,906 sq mi)
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Childhood home of painter Mark Rothko
Rothko began life in the part of Russia that is now Latvia, and moved to the American state of Oregon at the age of ten
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Cars drive on the right
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Site of the deepest known cave on Earth
Veryovkina Cave is 17.5 km long
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Home of the University of Georgia
Founded in the country in 2004. Founded in the state in 1785.
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Site of the world's largest bas-relief sculpture
The Confederate Memorial Carving, at Stone Mountain
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Highest peak
Country: Shkhara is 17,000 ft above sea level. State: Brasstown Bald is 4,784 ft above sea level