Machine Guns, Artillery Fire, and Mines
It’s the 3rd one: several founding fathers from the south
The Belgium treated the Africans horribly, they basically rid the region of natural resources, ruined their land and when they left, there was no formal preparations for their independence. this resulted in conflicting tribes trying to gain control of the land with no trains of how to run an effective government.
hope that makes sense and sums it all up
Federal employees hired on merit would probably be another name for civil servants. A civil servant is someone who works for the government in the public department and usually deals with citizens and their wants and interests.