It is the hinterland of the national capital and the heart of the Burebasaga Confederacy, one of three traditional chiefly hierarchies.

The Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of Rewa, is the head Burebasaga.

In 2014, she led the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SoDelPa) in the parliamentary election, the first since the military coup of 2006, and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2014 to 2018.

The current holder of the Vunivalu Title is Ro Epeli Vakacaracara Mataitini.

For a period in the early 2000s, the chairmanship was vacant, and the Council decided not to fill it until the Constitution could be changed to allow parliamentarians to hold national and provincial office simultaneously, thereby allowing their Paramount Chief, Ro Teimumu Kepa, to take the position.