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William Lane sought to establish a communist utopia in this country by founding New Australia. Bernhard Förster attempted to establish an Aryan colony in this country with Friedrich Nietzsche’s sister. A dictator of this country established a brutal penal colony at Tevego and organized a secret police known as the “hairy feet.” (15[1])Many of this country’s citizens search hopelessly to this day for “hidden treasure” (-5[1])by one of its leaders known by a term in (*) Jopará (“yoh-pah-RAH”) slang. This country imprisoned the explorer Aime Bonpland for disrupting a state monopoly on yerba mate (“MAH-tay”). The Irish-born Eliza Lynch was the mistress of a later president of this country, who died at the Battle of Cerro Corá during a conflict that eradicated almost two-thirds of this country’s population. This country’s first dictator was the Rousseau-obsessed doctor José Francia. For 10 points, name this country that lost the War of the Triple Alliance. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Republic of Paraguay [or República del Paraguay]
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