Alternative options presented to soldiers in country (7)

I believe the answer is:

andorra

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'country' is the definition.
(Andorra is an example)

'alternative options presented to soldiers in' is the wordplay.
'alternative' becomes 'or'.
'options' becomes 'and' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'presented to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'soldiers' becomes 'RA' (Royal Artillery).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'and'+'ra'='andra'
'or' placed into 'andra' is 'ANDORRA'.

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(Other definitions for andorra that I've seen before include "Tiny European nation" , "Small republic in the eastern Pyrenees" , "Catalan state" , "microstate" , "Territory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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