2022 Nato candidate (6)

I believe the answer is:

sweden

(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "Baltic country" , "land" , "Member country of the European Union" , "Nobel's country" , "Its capital's Stockholm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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