At that time we had a treaty with about every foreign country except Belgium, and that banana republic, Anchuria.

The banana workers of this former banana republic were exceptionally well organized and effective in their demands from the very beginning of the revolution.

The McCanns, it is hinted and sometimes expressed explicitly, cannot possibly be treated fairly under this inadequate Portuguese system. There is a touch of arrogant xenophobia here, as if Portugal was some backward banana republic […]

Banana republic

Meaning

Noun