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State modest about turnout? (7)

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country

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'state' is the definition.
(I know that state can be written as country)

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(Other definitions for country that I've seen before include "See 9" , "land?" , "Rural" , "State; region" , "Nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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