The analysis of the technical plausibility of the federation of these different states would require an input from a wide range of professional areas.

For instance, the economics of such a move would be huge and analysing all the ways in which federation would affect the economic vitality of the constituent countries would require a far greater level of technical analysis then I am capable. In writing this paper I am cognizant of the bewildering amount of technical analysis that would be necessary for a proper assessment of risks and benefits of federation.

As such this paper amounts to a thought experiment and an over view of the main factors anyone thinking about Federation would have to deal with.

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