The Soccer Solution

Okay, I am NOT a huge football fan, but I always watch Sweden play in the Euro and World Cups. Now I have come to realise some facts that will probably make me watch fewer games in the future:
Sweden is a small country. 9 million, compared to, say Russia, 250 million, Spain, what 70 mill, germay, 80, and so on. Out of so few people, we can scrape together a few superstars, say 1, or at best 3 if one is generous. Then we have a bunch of pros that are good enough for the major European leagues. But compare us to other countries, usually they have around 10 superstars in their national teams, where we have like 2.
So my point is: Because of Swedens small population, we can never get a competitive team. Period. Realise the facts, we'll never win, and normally not even make it past the first qualification.
Solution: Let the Scandinavian countries + the baltics put together a joint team. Together we'd be around 20 million people, which would let us have probably twice as many stars as today, which would give us a little bit better odds.
Sad but true. Wont happen. We'll keep biting the dust 4-ever up here in the cold north. But we don't give up. As long sa there is hope. For a miracle. Like someone finding a pair of magic soccer-shoes. Or something.