- monarchy - Nation - Rural districts - A tract of land; a region; the territory of an
independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a
personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or
citizenship. - Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. - The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the
populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body
of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the
country. - A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.