Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. 

But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool by mylifeelsewhere.com, which enables users to place maps of countries and continents directly over other landmasses to discover how big they really are.

Using this tale-of-the-tapes function, it turns out that Britain is a tiddler on the international circuit - slightly smaller than the state of California and dwarfed by the United States as a whole.

The U.S, in turn, looks much diminished when placed over Africa. 

And India, which looms large on the Asian subcontinent, doesn't look quite so impressive when positioned over mighty Canada.

Scroll down for a geography lesson like no other.