Romeo takes lady to the country (6)
I believe the answer is:
rwanda
'the country' is the definition.
(Rwanda is an example)
'romeo takes lady' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'takes' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lady' becomes 'wanda' (**).
'r'+'wanda'='RWANDA'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rwanda that I've seen before include "Kigali's country" , "African republic" , "Language" , "Nation" , "Republic in central Africa" .)