Has the goal ever been anything else but "State Integrity/Consistency"? I don't think so, states are evolved beings and self-preservation is their basest, stron

Has the goal ever been anything else but "State Integrity/Consistency"? I don't think so, states are evolved beings and self-preservation is their basest, strongest instinct. Public safety, order and prosperity are just some of the strategies to get human cooperation, very often totally illusory. Or maybe I've just been reading too much ACOUP.