Excellent observations, well said.
But that's the rub with a region absent it's own commanding military force: someone else's military commands it.
Anarchy is only possible given secure individuals. This is where 3D printing our own weaponized drones comes in...
The whole "power vacuum" notion only applies when people believe that having a ruling class ("government") is legitimate and necessary.
https://steemit.com/government/@larkenrose/the-power-vacuum-argument
I thought it came at the point of many guns? An unarmed populace is a manifest of slaves to an armed force.