> the average EU country is quite a bit smaller than the average US state I ran some rough calculations and this is true but the distinction is perhaps not as

> the average EU country is quite a bit smaller than the average US state I ran some rough calculations and this is true but the distinction is perhaps not as great as you imagine. USA has land mass 9.1 million km2 50 states => 182000 km2 per state EU has land mass 4.2 million km2 and 27 countries => 156000 km2 per country The average EU country is 87% the size of the average US state.