save typing democratic republic of the congo tired of typing the democratic republic of the congo me too i've created a bunch of redirecting articles to which mean you can just type drc instead with or without the the ie history of drc politics of the drc etc as a precedent the usa articles have a similar thing it's almost as complicated as the china taiwan thing taiwan can also be known as roc which can also be the name for republic of congo which can also be the name for congo kinshasa's first republic etc etc confused