var flashvars = {};
var params = {};
var attributes = {};

/* // sample
var flashvars = { name1: "hello", name2: "world", name3: "foobar" };
var params = { menu: "false" }; 
var attributes = { id: "myDynamicContent", name: "myDynamicContent" }; 
*/

params.wmode = "transparent";
swfobject.embedSWF("/interactiveMap.swf?xmlPath=/statesdata.xml", "flashstatemap", "473", "311", "10", "/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);