The problem with said situation is that being big is such a winning move post-industrialization, even before divide and conquer shenanigans to play at 'colonizi

The problem with said situation is that being big is such a winning move post-industrialization, even before divide and conquer shenanigans to play at 'colonizing India'. Fractal balkanization isn't exactly a winning move and there is a reason why a unified Germany became a significant power above and beyond its most bellicose states.