Last time we had a true religious state were the AJuuran, which was a theocratic state. Their downfall was immensely sad, at the hands of their own subjects.. Hiraab, geledi and silcis. Reminds me of the loss of mandate of heaven that can be seen throughout the plethora of Chinese dynasties collapsing such as Ming, Tang, Song and Han for example.
Theocratic state = failed
Democratic state = failed in 1969
Marxist - leninist state authoritarian = failed in 1991
Colonialism = failed
Anarchy = only thing a nomadic savage can thrive, afterall what has a somali nomad achieved other than stealing camels and killing other clansmen in their life? they're more ignorant than pre-islamic arabs.
"The Somalis are a fierce race of republicans, constantly changing political loyalties-the Somalis lived in what amounted to a state of chronic political schizophrenia, verging on of anarchy."-Sir Richard Burton
"Me against my brother, my brother and I against our family, our family against our tribe, our tribe against other tribes, all the tribes against Somalia, and Somalia and Somalis against the world"-Somali Proverb
"When the Somalis are not attacking foreign and manipulating peoples, they are attacking each other, it’s an innate almost sexual pleasure to do so, but it’s what keeps the Somali occupied"
(author unknown)