What does COUNTRY mean?

noun

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government“the state has elected a new president”
2. the territory occupied by a nation“he returned to the land of his birth”
3. the people who live in a nation or country“a statement that sums up the nation's mood”
4. an area outside of cities and towns“his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country”
5. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)“it was a mountainous area”