This graphic was originally posted on visualcapitalist.com, but decided to repost it out of interest.The map shows the largest brands in various selected countries around the globe, and the size of each country is made to reflect the relative size of the brand. It also provides some interesting factoids (Legos are from Denmark?).For example, the US is the largest country on the map given it headquarters the most valuable brand in the world (Google at $109.5 billion). The map is also color-coded by brand strength according to some formulated index. Darker blue represents a more valuable brand, while darker red represents a less valuable brand.After the US and Google, South Korea comes in with Samsung’s brand value estimated at $66.5 billion. Rounding out the top five are China, with banking institution ICBC ($47.8 billion), Japan with Toyota ($46.3 billion), and Germany with BMW ($37.1 billion).Oil companies represent the most valuable brand in four countries on the list with the Netherlands (Shell), Norway (Statoil), Mexico (Pemex), Colombia (Ecopetrol).