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Place Any Graphic Anywhere in Any Other
Mathematica 6 allows you to place any graphic programmatically anywhere inside any other graphic.
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Graphics[Inset[

    Graphics[{Opacity[.5], Hue[RandomReal[]], EdgeForm[Black], 

      CountryData[#, "Polygon"]}], {Log[10, 

      CountryData[#, "Population"]], Log[10, CountryData[#, "GDP"]]}, 

    Center, 0.2] & /@ DeleteCases[CountryData["UN"], "VaticanCity"], 

 Frame -> True, PlotRangePadding -> .2]
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