Mali goon travels around country (8)
I believe the answer is:
mongolia
'country' is the definition.
(Mongolia is an example)
'mali goon travels' is the wordplay.
'travels' indicates an anagram.
'mali'+'goon'='maligoon'
'maligoon' is an anagram of 'MONGOLIA'.
'around' is the link.
(Other definitions for mongolia that I've seen before include "Republic of east central Asia" , "Eastern state" , "Country between China/Russia" , "Log Naomi into the vast Asian region" , "Log Naomi into the vast region in Asia" .)