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A thousand thanks for organisation protecting a Zulu land (10)

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I believe the answer is:

kazakhstan

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'a thousand thanks for organisation protecting a zulu land' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'thousand thanks for organisation protecting a zulu land' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'thousand' could be 'k' (synonyms) and 'k' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'thanks' is 'khstan' which is located in the answer.
'zulu' could be 'z' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'z' is found within the answer.
'organisation' could be 'aa' (Automobile Association) and 'aa' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for kazakhstan that I've seen is " World's largest landlocked country".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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