a land occupied by a nation
rural, pastoral
Cases of word usage
1) in or to a foreign country or countries; away from one's own country (abroad)
2) belonging to, coming from, a foreign country (alien)
3) an official representing the government of her or his country in a foreign country (ambassador)
4) a word that is country in meaning to another (antonym)
5) (a country with) government by people of the highest social class (aristocracy)
6) the military forces of a country organized for fighting on land (army)
7) a road with trees on each side, especially a private road to a large country house (avenue)
8) to send (a person) away, especially out of a city, country etc as a punishment (banish)
9) be an enemy to (one's country etc) (betray)
10) to refuse to have anything to do with, trade with (a person, business firm, country etc) for a reason (boycott)