Oxford's top definition is "a state of disorder due to
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absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems"
So, anarchy doesn't require an absence of rulers. If a person doesn't recognize the state's authority over them, they are an anarchist. And if the number of anarchists within a country's population reaches a critical mass, then the country itself will descend into a state of anarchy.