"model country" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999 [1979], Erwin S. Strauss, How to Start Your Own Country, 3rd edition, Paladin Press, →ISBN, page 35:",
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          "ref": "1999 October 4, Smokers Supplies and Ordinations, “Hemp Based Countries”, in alt.politics.micronations (Usenet):",
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          "ref": "2022, Peter Marks, Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Fátima Vieira, The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 281:",
          "text": "…a model country that exists solely as work of fiction, or just for fun; a tiny jurisdiction that has escaped the notice of major powers.",
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