I'd have to assume thats the idea, certainly if history is a guide.

As an interesting note:

'George Washington wrote to the Marquis de Lafayette: “I am a citizen of the Great Republic of Humanity.. We have sown a seed of liberty and union which will gradually spring up throughout the earth. One day, on the model of the United States of America, there will be created the United States of Europe.” '

Chalk up another point for Washington's foresight I guess- getting closer anyway. I like the Great Republic of Humanity bit too.