Cy on Nostr: My only question is how to keep the other states from coming in and saving you from ...

My only question is how to keep the other states from coming in and saving you from lawlessness with brutal military interventions? It's entirely true that without a state, interpersonal harms could be greatly reduced. But the one function a state does serve is keeping away other states. Which defeats the purpose, since as peasants will observe it doesn't matter who's the king. But is there a way to keep away other states, without throwing the baby out with the bathwater?