The origins of this former nation were laid at the Pittsburgh Convention of 1918, and Thomas Masaryk and Edvard Benes were among its leaders. In the Spring of 1968, this nation experienced a brief period of liberalization that was ended when Alexandr Dubcek was removed from 
The origins of this former nation were laid at the Pittsburgh Convention of 1918, and Thomas Masaryk and Edvard Benes were among its leaders. In the Spring of 1968, this nation experienced a brief period of liberalization that was ended when Alexandr Dubcek was removed from power, and this country's region of Sudetenland was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. For 10 points, name this former Central European nation that broke into two republics following the Velvet Divorce, which came after the playwright Vaclav Havel helped lead the Velvet Revolution in 1989, a country whose capital was Prague.
The origins of this former nation were laid at the Pittsburgh Convention of 1918, and Thomas Masaryk and Edvard Benes were among its leaders.
{Czechoslovakia} [do not accept or prompt on "Czech Republic" or "Slovakia"]