The answer is B. France.
Vichy is a city in France, and was a German backed state. It was in southern France.
Answer:
Wasted government money
Explanation:
The sentence "wasted government money" is the one that fits the best in the blank box.
The reason is that it is the only sentence with a negative meaning, and the sentence itself is giving a negative opinion about the political machines from the beginning.
All the other senteces have a positive connotation, and because of that, would not fit in the blank space.
