Financial report context:
15 . leases in january 1996 , the company entered into a lease agreement with an unrelated third party for a new corporate office facility , which the company occupied in february 1997 . in may 2004 , the company entered into the first amendment to this lease agreement , effective january 1 , 2004 . the lease was extended from an original period of 10 years , with an option for five additional years , to a period of 18 years from the inception date , with an option for five additional years . the company incurred lease rental expense related to this facility of $ 1.3 million in 2008 , 2007 and 2006 . the future minimum lease payments are $ 1.4 million per annum from january 1 , 2009 to december 31 , 2014 . the future minimum lease payments from january 1 , 2015 through december 31 , 2019 will be determined based on prevailing market rental rates at the time of the extension , if elected . the amended lease also provided for the lessor to reimburse the company for up to $ 550000 in building refurbishments completed through march 31 , 2006 . these amounts have been recorded as a reduction of lease expense over the remaining term of the lease . the company has also entered into various noncancellable operating leases for equipment and office space . office space lease expense totaled $ 9.3 million , $ 6.3 million and $ 4.7 million for the years ended december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively . future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases for office space in effect at december 31 , 2008 are $ 8.8 million in 2009 , $ 6.6 million in 2010 , $ 3.0 million in 2011 , $ 1.8 million in 2012 and $ 1.1 million in 2013 . 16 . royalty agreements the company has entered into various renewable , nonexclusive license agreements under which the company has been granted access to the licensor 2019s technology and the right to sell the technology in the company 2019s product line . royalties are payable to developers of the software at various rates and amounts , which generally are based upon unit sales or revenue . royalty fees are reported in cost of goods sold and were $ 6.3 million , $ 5.2 million and $ 3.9 million for the years ended december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively . 17 . geographic information revenue to external customers is attributed to individual countries based upon the location of the customer . revenue by geographic area is as follows: .

Financial table:
( in thousands ): united states; year ended december 31 , 2008: $ 151688; year ended december 31 , 2007: $ 131777; year ended december 31 , 2006: $ 94282
( in thousands ): germany; year ended december 31 , 2008: 68390; year ended december 31 , 2007: 50973; year ended december 31 , 2006: 34567
( in thousands ): japan; year ended december 31 , 2008: 66960; year ended december 31 , 2007: 50896; year ended december 31 , 2006: 35391
( in thousands ): canada; year ended december 31 , 2008: 8033; year ended december 31 , 2007: 4809; year ended december 31 , 2006: 4255
( in thousands ): other european; year ended december 31 , 2008: 127246; year ended december 31 , 2007: 108971; year ended december 31 , 2006: 70184
( in thousands ): other international; year ended december 31 , 2008: 56022; year ended december 31 , 2007: 37914; year ended december 31 , 2006: 24961
( in thousands ): total revenue; year ended december 31 , 2008: $ 478339; year ended december 31 , 2007: $ 385340; year ended december 31 , 2006: $ 263640

Additional report context:
.

Question: in 2008 what was the percent of the revenue by geographic from the unite states
Answer: 31.7%