Republic of ___, dystopian setting for "The Handmaid's Tale" (6)

I believe the answer is:

gilead

(Other definitions for gilead that I've seen before include "place of balm" , "Balm of - is tree resin" , "no balmy place" , "mountainous region" , "Biblical region" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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