According to the Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles County, if one were to count the Los Angeles metropolitan area as a separate nation,______________ bigger than that of Australia, Mexico, or the Netherlands.
A. if one were to count the Los Angeles metropolitan area as a separate nation, it would have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, that is
B. if the Los Angeles metropolitan area is counted as a separate nation, it has the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, that being
C. if the Los Angeles metropolitan area were a separate nation, it would have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product,
D. were the Los Angeles metropolitan area a separate nation, it will have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, which is
E. when the Los Angeles metropolitan area is counted as a separate nation, it has the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, thus
