A team at any rate. There has to be a reason for the training and close quarters living arrangements. It's...not so different from home in that way at least.

[ But home both includes amenities like heating, and refrigerators, and the neighborhood watch-like phone trees. Or town halls.

They need their town hall. ]

But no, I don't think it is either. Athenian democracy may have had its problems, but modern "democratic" governments cite it as a foundation for a reason, right? Get people involved in their own government, give them a reason to care about it for themselves, and the community emphasis will come around.

[ Hopefully. ]