Hope land has game girl raised in America (9)
I believe the answer is:
ruritania
'hope land' is the definition.
(fictional country in novels by Anthony Hope)
'game girl raised in america' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'girl' becomes 'rita' (woman's name).
'raised' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'in' in reverse letter order is 'ni'.
'ru'+'rita'+'ni'+'a'='RURITANIA'
'has' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ruritania that I've seen before include "romantic spot" , "Imaginary European kingdom" , "Fictional land of romance" , "Hope place" , "Hope country" .)