That seems like trying to take the originalist arguments for returning to the 18th century, and trying to insist they are real. There are of course regional var

That seems like trying to take the originalist arguments for returning to the 18th century, and trying to insist they are real. There are of course regional variations in culture - how could there not be in a place that large - but nothing like the differeces between France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, etc., and state borders have nothing to do with it. The federal government has far more power than you say, and far more than the EU government.