Black Sea republic (7)
I believe the answer is:
georgia
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">black sea republic</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for georgia that I've seen before include "Female" , "US state -- Black Sea state" , "Country in the Caucasus" , "Southern US state" , "Nation state" .)