Depiction of country sadly includes temperature (5)
I believe the answer is:
atlas
'depiction of country' is the definition.
'sadly includes temperature' is the wordplay.
'sadly' becomes 'alas' (I've seen this before).
'includes' is an insertion indicator.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'alas' going around 't' is 'ATLAS'.
(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "travel book" , "Supporter of the classics" , "Legendary weightlifter" , "collected world records?" , "He had the world on his shoulders" .)