A nation stays stable when all the constituents feel that the security provided through union outweighs the loss of sovereignty. Security isn't just protection from invasion or attack, it's protection from natural disaster, protection from the collapse of the Rule of Law, protection from economic collapse, protection from falling behind in a technologically progressing world. Pooling resources for prosperity and security is the foundation of community. It's the government's job to maintain a fair and therefore mutually beneficial Union to avoid collapse.
Discontent comes when a constituent