Too sad, the fragments belonging to a nation (9)

I believe the answer is:

statehood

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'belonging to a nation' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'too sad the fragments' is the wordplay.
'fragments' is an anagram indicator (the fragments are put back together differently).
'too'+'sad'+'the'='toosadthe'
'toosadthe' anagrammed gives 'STATEHOOD'.

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