Central American republic (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
costa rica
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">central american republic</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for costa rica that I've seen before include "Central American state" , "Central American nation" , "A Socratic kind of country in S America" , "Central American republic" , "international team?" .)