land

land2 a country or state.
every land has its own law Scottish proverbial saying, early 17th century, used to emphasize the individuality of a nation or group.
Land of Hope and Glory is the song written by A. C. Benson (1862–1925) to a melody by Edward Elgar. Benson's song was written to be sung as the Finale to Elgar's Coronation Ode (1902); it became very popular as a patriotic song, and is now particularly associated with the Last Night of the Proms.
land of milk and honey the land promised to the Israelites, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey’ (Exodus 3:8). A land of milk and honey may now be used generally to suggest a place of prosperity and contentment, but there may also be a suggestion that this is a future state to be achieved.
Land of Nod in the Bible, the place in which the exiled Cain lived after the murder of Abel. From the mid 18th century, the phrase has been used punningly to mean sleep; the place of Cain's exile, and its desolate nature, is more likely to be described as the land God gave to Cain.
Land of the Free an informal name for the United States, taken from the poem ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ by the American lawyer and verse-writer Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), which was adopted as the US national anthem in 1931.
Land of the Little Sticks Canada (from Chinook stik ‘wood, tree, forest’, the subarctic tundra region of northern Canada, characterized by its stunted vegetation).
Land of the Long White Cloud New Zealand (translating the Maori name Aotearoa).
Land of the Midnight Sun any of the most northerly European countries, where the sun can be seen at midnight during the summer.
Land of the Rising Sun Japan; a translation of Japanese Nippon, which comes from nichi ‘the sun’ + pon, hon ‘source’. Nippon is recorded in English from the early 17th century, but Land of the Rising Sun is not found until the mid 19th century.

See also Land of Beulah, land of the broad acres, cloud cuckoo land, the land God gave to Cain, Never-Never land at never, Promised Land at promise, land of the Southern Cross at southern.