While planning the establishment of a French colony in this country, its president became an ardent admirer of the Second Empire of Napoleon III, which led him to order French uniforms for his army and an exact copy of the Emperor's crown for himself. When this country's president found out that he had been born out of wedlock, he had his 70-year-old mother publicly whipped. That president allied this nation with the government of Atanasio Aguirre, and, after a neighboring country attacked Aguirre, he responded by ordering the seizure of the merchant steamer "MarquÃ©s de Olinda." Perhaps because he relied heavily for advice on the courtesan Eliza Lynch, this nation's military suffered disastrous defeats at battles such as TuyutÃ­ and Riachuelo. Even so, that president remained defiant to the end, shouting "I die with my nation!" while fighting to the death at the Battle of Cerro CorÃ¡. For 10 points, name this country,  which was led to disaster by Francisco Solano Lopez during the War of the Triple Alliance.
While planning the establishment of a French colony in this country, its president became an ardent admirer of the Second Empire of Napoleon III, which led him to order French uniforms for his army and an exact copy of the Emperor's crown for himself. When this country's president found out that he had been born out of wedlock, he had his 70-year-old mother publicly whipped. That president allied this nation with the government of Atanasio Aguirre, and, after a neighboring country attacked Aguirre, he responded by ordering the seizure of the merchant steamer "MarquÃ©s de Olinda." Perhaps because he relied heavily for advice on the courtesan Eliza Lynch, this nation's military suffered disastrous defeats at battles such as TuyutÃ­ and Riachuelo. Even so, that president remained defiant to the end, shouting "I die with my nation!" while fighting to the death at the Battle of Cerro CorÃ¡. For 10 points, name this country,  which was led to disaster by Francisco Solano Lopez during the War of the Triple Alliance.
While planning the establishment of a French colony in this country, its president became an ardent admirer of the Second Empire of Napoleon III, which led him to order French uniforms for his army and an exact copy of the Emperor's crown for himself.
Paraguay