Country road to take, city having been rejected? (7)
I believe the answer is:
albania
'country' is the definition.
(Albania is an example)
'road to take city having been rejected?' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to take' becomes 'nab' (I've seen this before).
'city' becomes 'la' (Los Angeles).
'having been rejected?' says the letters should be written in reverse (reject can mean to send back).
'ai'+'nab'+'la'='ainabla'
'ainabla' backwards is 'ALBANIA'.
(Other definitions for albania that I've seen before include "Balkan country" , "Country W of Macedonia" , "Mediterranean country" , "SE European country" , "Country on Adriatic coast" .)