A.
it has a great deal of natural resources.

b.
it has a powerful religious element that wants to turn the country into an islamic state.

c.
it is a very wealthy nation.

d.
it has a powerful military that strongly influences the government and the economy.

Anti-Federalists argued that

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nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.