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It’s not France, but an early historical chronicle of this country was written by Gallus Anonymus. This country’s nobility expelled William of Austria after crowning his wife king in 1384. The (-5[1])Nihil (10[1])novi (10[1])act (10[1])gave this country’s nobles power which was (10[1])strengthened under a system known as Golden Liberty. This country was united (10[1])with a Grand Duchy to its east by the Union (-5[1])of Lublin. (10[1])Jadwiga (“yad-VEE-gah”) ruled this country immediately before a line of kings from the Jagiellonian (“yog-yell-OH-nee-in”) dynasty. For 10 points, which country formed a Commonwealth with Lithuania (10[2])and crowned monarchs in its medieval capital Kraków ■END■

ANSWER: Poland [or Kingdom of Poland; accept Poland-Lithuania or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; prompt on Lithuania]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%71.40
UK (South)UK8100%25%68.63
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%64.50
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%48.43
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%75.60
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%64.78
FloridaUS4100%0%73.25
Great LakesUS12100%17%63.83
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%61.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS250%50%48.00
MidwestUS9100%11%61.11
NorthUS4100%0%67.50
NortheastUS10100%10%63.40
PacificUS8100%25%53.50
SoutheastUS13100%23%63.85
Upstate NYUS5100%20%67.80