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map of europia    Freddy Heineken (1923-2002), the Dutchman who made his beer into a global brand, also was a dedicated Europhile. Towards the end of his life, he proposed reshuffling Europeís national borders to create a closer union. Heineken collaborated with two historians to produce a booklet entitled The United States of Europe, A Eurotopia? Heinekenís proposal would lead to the creation of dozens of new European states, which would have a comparably small population size (mostly between 5 and 10 million), some basis in history, and for the most part would be ethnically homogenous. The theory behind Heinekenís idea is that a larger number of smaller member-states would be easier to govern within a single European framework than a combination of larger states competing for dominance.