Country south-west, an ideal place (6)
I believe the answer is:
sweden
'country' is the definition.
(Sweden is an example)
'south-west an ideal place' is the wordplay.
'south west' becomes 'sw'.
'an ideal place' becomes 'eden' (I have seen 'Perfect place' mean 'eden' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'eden'. I am not sure about the 'ideal' bit.).
'sw'+'eden'='SWEDEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "We send out to here, oddly" , "N. European country" , "Baltic country" , "Nordic country" , "ditto" .)