National security is addressed from a psycho-philosophical and socio-political perspective, in the sense that the wellbeing of the popu- lation and preservation of the State are identified and grounded theo- retically as dimensions of the national security construct. From the previous statement, prescriptive values of psychological wellbeing and nationalism are used to operationalize such dimensions where civilian and military people in Mexico are surveyed to analyze the national security panorama from this perspective. The results yield positive information for Mexico in relation to its performance as a State.