I'd be pretty surprised if Kerala has recently become the most prosperous state in India. For a very long time it's been in the bottom half (even when accounting for the remittances that are more important in Kerala than anywhere else in the country). That said, it's also had the highest rate of literacy, good health indicators, and has been better than all or almost all Indian states on most indices of equality.
What has happened to the US state? Are we supposed to believe that the US have experienced a major natural disaster and are now completely inundated? XD Well, it's a good thing there's only a 50-50 chance to get that one right, but still...
I should've taken the time to zoom-in on the Kremlin photo. At least that would've taken me out of the UK. Those gold domes may have gotten me to start thinking Russian.