counting makes special?

What’s so important about a census?
The entire fourth Book of the torah is called Chomesh HaPequdim or the book of the Counted (Numerai). Why must we learn about their numbers in the desert 3319 years later?
The Rebbe says that by being counted we become significant. The question is that a counted object already is important enough to be counted. So if we were already distinct, why the need to count us?
Especially since G-D already knows our number. So why the big splash?
Ramban answers that by being counted by Moshe and the Princes each Israelite was Blessed and made to feel special in a way that altered his commitment to his people his Torah and above all, his
G-D! After all, from this moment on he was drafted into the army that would be called up to protect the nation in times of war . From this point on, we became a unit, responsible for each other in times of war and in times of peace.
Perhaps it can be put this way. We had to submit to becoming a numbered person amongst Klal Yisroel Even though we were just a unit amongst a great army, we gained the awareness of the whole.
By becoming part of a whole we not only became important , we became capable of leading a nation. We also became capable of producing a whole nation.
It’s a well known fact that almost all Ashkenazi Jews are descended
From only 6 families. As tragic as this may seem, it reinforces the above point, each of us can lead a world. Each of us has the power to make a world if need be!