How do you imagine, optimally, a US-Government or existence?
Like, in terms of geopolitical consistency:
Federal gvt
50 states
county-levels are next, right?
Are you imagining another party in power, while keeping all constitutional basics?
Or are you imagining a union broken up, providing full sovereignty to each state?
You confuse me a bit with your stand on government, and I'm not sure which level of government, if any, you prefer. And I'm not fishing here!

For example, if broken up, each state would be in immediate need to ally, for example, as a country like New Mexico would be easy pickins for Mexico, if suddenly defenseless, bound by no defense treaties, maybe not even a UN member

It would be annexed in a day, realistically speaking.
If you imagine the same 50 states kept unchanged, united under a firm, federal government, with all constitutional basics intact, what are the principal changes you would see to the federation as a whole?