Country I may represent (5)

I believe the answer is:

india

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'country i' is the definition.
'india' can be an answer for 'i' (India is I in the NATO phonetic alphabet). I'm unsure of the 'country' bit.

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(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Land of Bombay and Calcutta" , "Gandhi's country" , "Country: I (comms.)" , "New Delhi is its capital" , "Eastern country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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