(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures.
Such policies would require unprecedented cooperation between ~s...
The Arab ~s agreed to meet in Baghdad.
N-COUNT
2.
The ~ is sometimes used to refer to all the people who live in a particular country. (JOURNALISM)
It was a story that touched the ~’s heart.
N-SING