The nation's last civil war is widely regarded to have represented a high-point in the ethnic conflict, though many analysts regard ethnic concerns to have been a convenient justification by the central government to militarily suppress political dissent from the pseudo-aristocratic planter class in the southern region of the country. Though state media sources insist that hostilities ended with the formal collapse of the "Confederacy" (a rival government formed by an alliance of regional warlords, which drew political power from the planters), efforts towards reconciliation and 'reconstruction' have been considered unsuccessful and were ultimately largely abandoned.

Humanitarian efforts from the international community are rarely even attempted, as the regime was able to leverage their position following the Second World War to obtain a veto in the UN Security Council, which they have shown consistent willingness to use in service to geopolitical interests and limit external interference. Ultimately only time can tell whether peace can take root in this war-ravaged land.