Question
In a novel, a woman decides to go to this country following her parents’ death in a car bombing, which leads Ada to reveal that she was the infamous “Baby Nicole.” An epilogue set at a “Thirteenth Symposium” dedicated to this country includes a discussion of the Ardua Hall Holograph. After meeting Moira, a novel’s protagonist discovers that lawbreakers in this country are either sent to clean (*) radioactive waste in the Colonies or to work in brothels called “Jezebel’s.” A woman who works at a Red Center in this country, Aunt Lydia, appears in both The Testaments and a novel in which the Commander plays Scrabble with Offred. For 10 points, name this Christian republic depicted in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale. ■END■
ANSWER: Republic of Gilead (“GILL-ee-ad”) [prompt on U.S.A. or United States of America]
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