constituent country

1. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.

   the constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark

2. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.

   An administrative division of the United Kingdom: one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

3. A land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which there are four: the Netherlands proper (comprising its twelve European provinces and the three BES Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) and the three Caribbean island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.

4. A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.

regular