Without states, you might just have warlords using their armed forces to grab less powerful warlords from other continents, killing a bunch of people in the process, and dragging the less powerful warlord back for a show trial.

Without states, you might just have warlords using their armed forces to grab less powerful warlords from other continents, killing a bunch of people in the process, and dragging the less powerful warlord back for a show trial. It's a good thing that we live in a world where that doesn't happen.