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Keywords: Prohibitionist, Hatchet, Saloons, Conquest, Democracy

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The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

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As used in international economics, a nation is almost invariably a country, or occasionally a similar entity (e.g., Hong Kong) with a single, usually independent government.

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United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

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an historical novel set against the conquest of Southern California by the Spanish crown, set at the same era as when the United States was fighting for its independence

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a secular democracy, and other areas are primitive countries

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