Country set — a bit tactless unfortunately (6,6)

I believe the answer is:

baltic states

'country set' is the definition.
(a set of countries)

'a bit tactless unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'a'+'bit'+'tactless'='abittactless'
'abittactless' anagrammed gives 'BALTIC STATES'.

(Another definition for baltic states that I've seen is " Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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