Well, in the end it is a trade-off - smaller countries are easier to understand and therefore easier to govern because they are less complex and probably more h

Well, in the end it is a trade-off - smaller countries are easier to understand and therefore easier to govern because they are less complex and probably more homogeneous. On the other hand you will lose some efficiency in comparison to larger countries because the relative overhead of running the country will increase. If somebody ever tried to figure out where the sweet spot might be?