Rod taken in by soldiers in the country (6)
I believe the answer is:
rwanda
'the country' is the definition.
(Rwanda is an example)
'rod taken in by soldiers' is the wordplay.
'rod' becomes 'wand' (wand is a kind of rod).
'taken in by' is an insertion indicator (back).
'soldiers' becomes 'RA' (abbreviation for Royal Artillery).
'wand' going into 'ra' is 'RWANDA'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rwanda that I've seen before include "Republic in central Africa" , "African country, capital Kigali" , "Nation" , "Central African country" , "Kigali's country" .)