North Carolina (USA) is 12 times larger than Lebanon.
Area: 10,400 km2 World Factbook
Population: 5,882,562 (July 2014) World Factbook
Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south. Wikipedia
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 10th most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia