Country, nation (5)
I believe the answer is:
state
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">country</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that country can be written as state)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">nation</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that nation can be written as state)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for state that I've seen before include "eg Rhode Island" , "See 3" , "Georgia < or Virginia" , "Declare; affirm" , "For example, New York or Washington but not Boston or Philadelphia" .)