State originally lauded in a lot of papers (5)
I believe the answer is:
realm
'state' is the definition.
(I know that realm is a type of state)
'originally lauded in a lot of papers' is the wordplay.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a lot of papers' becomes 'ream' (a ream is a large amount of paper).
The initial letter of 'lauded' is 'l'.
'l' inserted within 'ream' is 'REALM'.
(Other definitions for realm that I've seen before include "Monarchy" , "Kingdom could be lamer" , "Kingdom; field of interest" , "Area of knowledge under discussion" , "Dominion" .)