a banana republic

(informal)

a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cornelio	kor-NE-lyo	Spanish, Italian
JoŽEfa	YAW-zhe-fah	Slovene
Maaria	MAH:-ree-ah	Finnish
Reyhangul	-	Uyghur
Sarah	SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), ZAH-rah (German)	English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Stef	STEF	Dutch