 Complete the following phrase:  Both the ascending Russian Empire and pre-revolutionary France aspired to have Sweden as a client state. Parliamentarians and others with influence were susceptible to taking bribes which they did their best to increase. The integrity and the credibility of the political system waned, and in 1771 the young and charismatic king Gustav III staged a coup détat, abolished parliamentarism and reinstated royal power in Swedenmore or less with the support of the parliament. In 1788, he started a new war against Russia. Despite a couple of 