The dispute between the two countries began to find a common perception since the Linggadjati Agreement was signed on 15 November 1946.

The Dutch government's view may have been correct, as a federal state suits a society that is highly diverse and pluralistic in many ways such as social, cultural, geographical, and natural resource wealth.

However, history has shown that the federal state was used by the Dutch colonial authorities to divide the Indonesian people.

[7] Although the NSS was established and welcomed mainly by federalists, the actual popular support for the federal state was very weak.

At the time the NSS was established, the Palembang area was still surrounded by an insecure atmosphere, the political process was carried out by force.

The social and economic conditions of the South Sumatra region in mid-1948 were not very encouraging due to the war atmosphere.

This situation can affect the course of the economy in the NSS which relies on the results of rubber, oil and coal plantations.

By early 1950, there were growing calls for the constituent states of the RUSI to dissolve themselves into a unitary Republic of Indonesia.