Nation's heard and read (6)
I believe the answer is:
peruse
'read' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'nation's heard' is the wordplay.
'nation' becomes 'Peru' (Peru is an example).
'heard' becomes 'se' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'peru'+'se'='PERUSE'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peruse that I've seen before include "Look over" , "Survey" , "Scan carefully for rupees" , "'Read through, browse (6)'" , "Scrutinize" .)