Militaristic state — country after power (7)
I believe the answer is:
prussia
'militaristic state' is the definition.
'prussia' can be an answer for 'state' (I have seen 'Old state' mean 'prussia' so perhaps 'state' could also mean 'prussia'). I'm unsure of the 'militaristic' bit.
'country after power' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'country' could be 'russia' (Russia is a country) and 'russia' is present in the answer.
'power' could be 'p' (symbol in physics) and 'p' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prussia that I've seen before include "Former kingdom, included northern Germany and northern Poland" , "Former German kingdom" , "old part of Europe" , "state before 1947" , "Old German kingdom, capital Berlin" .)
