>But EU countries are closer to US states, except that any two US states are still far more homogeneous than any two EU countries are. >... >The whole idea th

>But EU countries are closer to US states, except that any two US states are still far more homogeneous than any two EU countries are. >... >The whole idea that you can just collapse a very complex comparison to a single number and call it a day is fatally flawed. So you reject being able to compare EU member countries to either US (as a whole) or US states?