What is the meaning of country?

noun

• A politically organized body of people under a single government.
  • usage: "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
  • synonyms: state, nation, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
• The territory occupied by a nation.
  • usage: "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
  • synonyms: state, land
• The people who live in a nation or country.
  • usage: "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
  • synonyms: nation, land
• An area outside of cities and towns.
  • usage: "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
  • synonyms: rural area
• A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography. )
  • usage: "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
  • synonyms: area