As far as established countries or governments go, you're absolutely right. Established democracies, though? The US is the oldest. And if you look at our origins, a collective of sovereign territories united as one union, it's not hard to see the EU as the next version. In fact, the entire EU is less than 1/2 the size of the US (area wise).
I welcome it. I'm one of the few conservatives on this site and I'm enjoying watching the GOP split. It's been a long time coming. Hopefully it sends a few of the cockroaches scurrying back into their obscure shadows so reasoned debate can make a resurgence into the House.
The States already have their own courts. We don't need a federal government at all, really, except a few very limited purposes. The purposes are even already spelled out for us in the US Constitution.
Having been through a few myself.. it sucks but you plan for it. Technology is rapidly changing. If you're employed at a tech company you need to plan to be at another I've shortly because the companies implode quickly as the technology evolves.
You adapt or you don't. There's nothing sad about it, it's the way it is.
I even upgraded my pipe to fiber so I can share Plex with my friends and family. Built a machine with 16TBx6 RAID. Cost me a shit ton more than a year of all the streaming services but fuck them.
I'd look at the container's networking, if I were you.