A state (usually a dismal and failed one) ruled by a warlord, whose regime is based on military force only without any legitimacy. Such statelets are usually products of a larger state disintegrating as follow-up of a revolution or civil war, and various strongmen, tribal chiefs or bosses of organzed crime seizing the power and setting up a regime based on coercion and repression.
Kabul; A little slice of Warlordistan, where the central government has little power, mafia bosses grab land at will, and armed militias enforce the law — often harshly. (ttps://www.stripes.com/news/on-outskirts-of-kabul-warlordistan-may-be-glimpse-of-afghan-future-1.190604)
by Susanna Viljanen December 6, 2018