On the European Union (i.e., Germany and the Umteen Dwarfs)

I don't know, folks. Being that a tiny country like Belgium with only two significant populations (the Dutch and Flemish-speaking folks from Flanders and the French-speaking folks from Wallonia) can't seem to get along due to various ethnic, political (the French-speaking citizens seem to be more liberal and dependent upon transfer payments), and linguistic divides, it is kind of hard to imagine that dozens of countries and ethnicities could do any better under one umbrella (though, yes, it's undoubtedly a statist's wet-dream), try though they will.....................................................................................................P.S. And, yes, I understand that Dutch and Flemish are basically the same language. I only separated them due to the dialects.