The country is a tin-pot dictatorship with no real laws.
tin-pot dictatorship
idiomA country ruled by a tin-pot dictator; an autocracy, especially one ruled by someone with delusions of grandeur.
Origin
disputed originFrom tin-pot dictator + -ship.
The citizens grew tired of living under a tin-pot dictatorship and finally demanded their freedom.
Historians often describe the isolated nation as a tin-pot dictatorship, noting that the leader maintains control through fear and absurd displays of personal power.