Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
This is one reason governments need to maintain a constant threat by "enemy" states. If every nation got along just fine, government would be dangerously close to redundant. Certainly militrary would be.
Gov'ts exist at more than just the national level, and they deal with different issues, many of which are based around defining justice and providing/maintaining infrastructure. Even at the national level, protection from enemies is not the whole story.