Impediment raised by academic country (5)
I believe the answer is:
burma
'country' is the definition.
(Burma is an example)
'impediment raised by academic' is the wordplay.
'impediment' becomes 'rub' (rub is a kind of impediment).
'raised by' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'academic' becomes 'ma'.
'rub' reversed gives 'bur'.
'bur'+'ma'='BURMA'
(Other definitions for burma that I've seen before include "Country whose name was changed to Myanmar in 1989" , "Myanmar, formerly" , "Old name for Myanmar" , "Rumba (anag)" , "Country also known as Myanmar" .)