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Definition of banana republic. : a small dependent country usually of the tropics; especially : one run despotically.
Wikipedia gives some additional background on the term banana republic: Banana. republic is a pejorative term originally used to refer to a country. that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and corrupt.