country vs political entity

country and political entity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
political entity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, political entity is a hypernym of country; that is, political entity is a word with a broader meaning than country:

Other hypernyms of country include political unit.

country (noun)	political entity (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a unit with political responsibilities
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)