A usually unsustainable happy or picturesque situation (5)

I believe the answer is:

idyll

(Other definitions for idyll that I've seen before include "Poem or scene of rustic simplicity" , "country work!" , "Picturesque pastoral scene" , "Happy peaceful scene" , "Blissful, rustic, scene" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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