Colonial powers, in particular Belgium, made an exemplary colonial blunder of accepting the status that they had discretionarily made, and characterized the outskirts of, would keep up a national personality following the flight of the colonial control. The Republic of Congo was not verifiably a strong state before the landing of the Europeans, and there were a few particular people groups living in the territory with distinct societies and interests. This prompted a fierce battle for control following the exodus of the Belgians.