Assuming the time period was during the Cold War,
both countries brought threats of nuclear weapons and atomic annihilation
In a personalist regime, the power is held by a single leader, whose demands become law for the entire country.
This regime is a form of autocracy. It is a government system that operates as an absolute monarchy or a despotate. Personalist leaders are able to appoint friends or family to important offices. As a consequence, population gain respect for their leader. For example, the Kim dynasty in North Korea.
Trail by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least unpleasant usually dangerous experience. The test was one of life or death, and the proof of innocence was survival. In some cases the accused was considered innocent if they escaped the injury or if their injuries healed.
