The country encircling one's country? (9)
I believe the answer is:
indonesia
'country?' is the definition.
(I know that Indonesia is a country)
'the country encircling one's' is the wordplay.
'the country' becomes 'india' (India is an example).
'encircling' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'india' placed around 'ones' is 'INDONESIA'.
(Other definitions for indonesia that I've seen before include "Asian republic" , "I said none (anag) - country" , "somewhere in Asia" , "SE Asian country" , "State" .)