That is exactly what I was thinking. This whole thing just looks like what used to happen in medieval times, with military forces living on the money of commone

That is exactly what I was thinking. This whole thing just looks like what used to happen in medieval times, with military forces living on the money of commoners, local communities extorting money from travellers, laws and law enforcement practices being different from one county to another... I don't understand how a modern country could come back to this situation.