The chaos is compounded by the existence of three rival governments.

During the Civil War, there had been two rival governments.

Indeed, in this hillside village the two sides maintain rival governments.

She must find her way to the seats of the rival governments.

A disputed territory, which is a geographic area claimed by two or more rival governments.

The rival government led by Sun, however, was at a disadvantage against the warlords from a military point of view.

It was unable, though, to capture the major town it needed as a base for a rival government.

In the following months the two rival governments struggled for control of the island.

After the building was taken the "national salvation committee" installed itself there as a rival government.

By the end of the year Mobutu had created a rival government with its own prime minister.