In the DRC, national unity has been a problem since independence, and the country almost disintegrated in the late 1990s. Among other things, regional devolution recently made it possible to return to a fragile peace and under a legitimate government. In the DRC, devolution has been the institutional response to the conflicts and the lack of unity in a country the size of a continent. This post-conflict, ultra-political devolution nevertheless brings with it its own set of uncertainties.