European copper on wrong road to the country (7)
I believe the answer is:
ecuador
'the country' is the definition.
(Ecuador is an example)
'european copper on wrong road' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'copper' becomes 'Cu' (chemical symbol).
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'road' anagrammed gives 'ador'.
'cu' going within 'ador' is 'cuador'.
'e'+'cuador'='ECUADOR'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for ecuador that I've seen before include "Country of the Galapagos Islands" , "The state capital is Quito" , "Is Cora due out in South America?" , "Where panama hats are made" , "SA country" .)