text: This was the alphabetically prior of two allied countries whose victory at Zusmarshausen ended a long- running conflict.
full_question: This was the alphabetically prior of two allied countries whose victory at Zusmarshausen ended a long- running conflict. This country was the westernmost signatory of a treaty in which it agreed to make regular payments to fund another country's army. The army of this western signatory of the Treaty of Barwalde defeated another country's tight-knit tercio formations at the battle of Rocroi with the aid of the duke of Enghien. Its alliance with a Lutheran kingdom across religious lines began the final phase of the Thirty Years' War. For 10 points, name this countries which allied with Axel Oxenstierna's Sweden under its chief minister, Cardinal Richilieu.
first_sentence: This was the alphabetically prior of two allied countries whose victory at Zusmarshausen ended a long- running conflict.
raw_answer: France