sentences:  At the same time, it can be argued that the reliance on the Pětka and on backroom negotiations left the country ill-prepared when the difficulties it encountered defied compromise.Specifically, the leaders found it impossible to contend with the threat posed by the rise of the Nazis in Germany and the various repercussions that this had on life in Czechoslovakia, which possessed a large and increasingly hostile German minority.The Pětka faced criticism for being unconstitutional and undemocratic.