The structure of government – the allocation of authority across general purpose jurisdictions – is perceived to affect political participation, accountability, ethnic and territorial conflict, policy innovation etc. Important scientific question addressed by the present research ns the identification of the essence, the particularities and the perspectives of the political relationship instituted and established between the central authorities of the Republic of Moldova and regional (real or virtual) authorities. Discussion of Moldavian regionalism is intensifying. However, for the most part that debate is still inward looking and pays little attention to comparative cases overseas. Often comparisons are made selectively in order to justify a political program rather than to deepen understanding of what implications regionalism might hold for the countries regions. Moldavian politicians and commentators commonly draw comparisons with other states to show that a gradual, asymmetric process of devolution for Republic of Moldova would be readily achievable. France is prayed in aid as an example of a unitary state with a tradition of a strong central, indeed centralizing state (arguably similar to the United Kingdom), which has undergone a process of regionalization in recent years. Comparison with France is also sometimes made by those who wish to emphasize how the machinery of the central state can be deconcentrated territorially in order to co-ordinate and deliver state functions more effectively.