Round 5: Tossup 4

One historian wrote of this present-day country’s formation that “Elsewhere, the State has often been the cause of a proper national life; here, it seems to have resulted from it.” In Das Kapital, Marx dubbed this country “the paradise of capitalists.” A historian from this country wrote “An Economic Contrast: Merovingians and Carolingians” as well as a book that argued (10[1])an 8th-century ruler (10[1])would be (10[1])“inconceivable” without a religious leader. (10[1]-5[1])The world’s “first universal bank,” this country’s “General Company,” was founded in 1822. (10[1]-5[1])Attempts at secularization in this country led to its “School (10[1])Wars.” (10[3]-5[1])A revolution (10[3])that led to the formation of this home country of Henri Pirenne (10[1])(“on-REE pee-REN”) began after an opera performance (10[2])of The Mute (10[2])Girl (10[3])of Portici (“POR-tee-chee”) in 1830. For 10 points, name this country whose first king was Leopold I. ■END■ (10[1])

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