You ' re assuming the entire military would willingly attack the states . I ' d give at least 30 to 35 % attrition due to military units backing the states rather than the fed . Remember their oath is to defend the Constitution , not the elected officials , so even the Pentagon could refuse to act , forcing the feds to use FBI , CIA , etc . that ' d be a short war . <| sep |> There ' s more than one employee at riot . Also , if you have biggermore complicated projects running at a company , more people isn ' t always better . You can only have so many people working on something at once , and having smaller projects to tick off is actually really good for staff morale , keeping everyone productive , and provides small , quicktocomplete distractions for people that might be experiencing a mental or developmental wall . Not to mention that even if they ' re ' extraneous ', 1020 small extraneous changes can make a massive difference to the overall lookfeel of something .