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A politician in this country arrested for bribing a cleaning company began giving info to police after he was called a “wild splinter” by a Socialist party leader nicknamed “Big Boar.” Over half of this country’s parliament was investigated for corruption including state conglomerates like ENEL during the “Bribesville”scandal (15[1])and the (*) “clean hands” investigation; that investigation led to the demise of this country’s dominant Christian Democracy party (10[1])in 1994. In 1973, a leader of this country made the “Historic Compromise” (10[1])with its Communist Party. A period of political violence in this country called the Years of Lead (10[1])included the Red Brigades’kidnapping and killing of its former Prime Minister Aldo Moro. For 10 points, name this country that was led several times by the late Silvio Berlusconi. ■END■

ANSWER: Italy
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