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Country or state on my mind? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

georgia

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Georgia is a Asian country)

'or state on my mind?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'or' is present in the answer.
'state' could be 'ia' and 'ia' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for georgia that I've seen before include "Country in the Caucasus" , "Girl on my mind" , "American state, capital Atlanta" , "republic" , "Southern US state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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