Context: Sassou Nguesso aligned the country with the Eastern Bloc and signed a twenty-year friendship pact with the Soviet Union. Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship.

Question: Which group of nations did Nguesso side the Congo with?
Answer: Eastern Bloc

Question: Which Eastern Bloc nation did Nguesso sign a pact with?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question: What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government?
Answer: dictatorship

Question: What was an important tool of the Sassou government?
Answer: political repression

Question: Who aligned the country with the Western Bloc?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who relied more on patronage to maintain his dictatorship?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the least important tool of the Sassou government?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Sassou sign a ten year friendship pact with?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How long was the friendship pact Sassou signed with the Eastern Bloc?
Answer: Unanswerable