country vs hinterland

country and hinterland both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
hinterland	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hinterland is a hyponym of country; that is, hinterland is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than country:

country (noun)	hinterland (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a remote and undeveloped area
the people who live in a nation or country
the territory occupied by a nation
an area outside of cities and towns
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)