Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: Opponents of compulsory national service claim that such a p

I squeezed my mind with 4th question, still can't understand the answer, which i narrate as follows:
Both national service and taxation serve ends beyond those related to the basic survival of the state

What does it mean by "ends"? What is the basic survival of the state?

Please help me explain them? How can you connect them with the content of passage?

Many thanks,

......Even the most conservative