I hate DeSantis with a passion but Disney shouldn't have and doesn't need to be their own autonomous zone. Corporations already run the government through lobbying they don't need to literally be the governing body of a region.
As much as I might like to agree with you, I think it was setup that way because Disney owned most if not all of the property, habitable, in a county. As they would be paying all the taxes and requiring all the maintenance it was decided that they would govern it themselves. Simplified structure. I know it was something similar to this at least...
