Home help sent to West Country I may represent (5)

I believe the answer is:

india

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'sent to west country i may represent' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'home help' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'help' becomes 'dia' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'dia'='INDIA'

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(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Part of Asia" , "vast country" , "Commonwealth state" , "Republic in south Asia" , "South Asian country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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