text: This polity created a government office called the Central Ministry of Culture and Guidance to distribute standard green- and-red textbooks to schools, and monitor newspapers according to the Press Organization Law.
full_question: This polity created a government office called the Central Ministry of Culture and Guidance to distribute standard green- and-red textbooks to schools, and monitor newspapers according to the Press Organization Law. In response to formation of this entity, a rival power conducted an emergency drill in which three code words were broadcast over public radio in nine different languages, resulting in a period of panic called the "Night of the Ducks." In order to combat the growing influence of this polity, Operation Blue Bat was authorized to support the opposing regime of president Camille Chamoun. The founder of this entity immediately forced Michel Aflaq to suspend operation of his party, and entered a confederation with the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, which joined this state under the name of North Yemen. For 10 points, name this failed political state created by Gamal Nasser, which lasted from 1958 to 1961, and attempted to unify Egypt with Syria.
first_sentence: This polity created a government office called the Central Ministry of Culture and Guidance to distribute standard green- and-red textbooks to schools, and monitor newspapers according to the Press Organization Law.
raw_answer: United Arab Republic [or UAR; or United Arab States; or UAS; or Al-Jumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah]