I have a novel idea. Let's separate the country off into sections. Each section, say 50 of them, elects the number of officials necessary to govern their section. Within their section they determine their wants and needs, what they want the elected officials to do for them using the democratic process. Then we can have a small central body that protects the 50 sections but under a document that strictly outlines what the central government can do. Each section can send elected representatives to speak for their people.
Sounds crazy, huh?