Remark about liberal group of countries (5)

I believe the answer is:

world

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(Other definitions for world that I've seen before include "Everything that exists anywhere" , "our home" , "Cosmos" , "Everyone" , "we're happy to be on top of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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