A country is an area of land that is controlled by its own government. It refers to territory. It's a political and geographical concept.
country(国家)是指由自己的政府控制的土地。它指的是领土。这是一个政治和地理的概念。
A nation mainly refers to a group of people united by common origin, history, culture or language, inhabiting a particular territory. It's a cultural as well as a political concept.