Pol Pot was the former dictator of which country?

The story behind the answer

Cambodia is correct. Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge and ruled Cambodia as “Democratic Kampuchea” from 1975 to 1979. His regime emptied cities, abolished money and religion, and forced millions into rural labor camps—the “Killing Fields”—causing an estimated 1.5–2 million deaths through execution, starvation, and disease.

Context: Vietnam invaded in late 1978, overthrowing Pol Pot in 1979 and ending the genocide, though the Khmer Rouge continued guerrilla warfare for years. Memory tip: Pol Pot in Phnom Penh—both start with “P,” and “Khmer Rouge” links to the Khmer people of Cambodia.