[Lockyy]

This only works when both sides are sufficiently advanced and willing to take part in the system. You would still need an army for when enemyCountryX decides that they can just pummel you because you're busy playing video games.

[samograd]

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”

― Albert Einstein

ie. We are peaceful, they are not, so we must not rest lest they destroy us while we sleep, and we must destroy them while they are.