He was impressed with Stefannson's plan to use the relatively homogeneous Icelandic population to understand disease.

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With the main exception of America, successful big countries (such as Japan) have relatively homogeneous populations.

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Its ethnic make-up is also relatively homogeneous, giving rise to few rifts.

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