The phrase "splendid country" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when talking about a place that is particularly beautiful or impressive. For example, "France is a splendid country, with so much to see and do."
HIGH WYCOMBE, England — It is hard to imagine a more idyllic outdoor setting for an opera production than Wormsley, the splendid country estate in the Chiltern Hills northwest of London.
"One promise of his victory is that perhaps we can put to rest the myth of racism as a barrier to achievement in this splendid country," the editors wrote.
Allow me to quote Dr. Donald Keene, professor emeritus at Colombia University, expressing his will to obtain Japanese nationality after the disaster: Japan was hit hard for the moment, but it "will surely resurrect to become an even more splendid country".
Before launching into his customary oration on separation of church and state (people thought nothing of sitting still for two-hour speeches in those days), Ingersoll told the people that they inhabited "the most beautiful spot in New York," adding that "I wish to congratulate myself on having been born in such splendid country".
So you can see him, can't you, ferreting about in the garden of his splendid country home – the moonlight blue and white on the grass below him, head torch strapped above his spikey unmoving haircut (no other person on earth has Noel Edmonds' haircut: further proof that he is our one true element of disorder), tablespoon in his hand, digging through the soil.
She's a woman who once lived in a splendid, tastefully appointed country house with plain pine walls and spacious garden but now inhabits a squalid shack.
They form a photograph album of America, and in particular of that splendid region, Steinbeck Country, from which countless literary travellers have gratefully sent a postcard home.
The next morning we set out early on the last leg of our exploration of Ha Giang: the 14-mile journey from Dong Van to the town of Meo Vac, a drive that some say is the most splendid in the country.
A truly damning verdict on the performance of Inglis's division at BP might prompt Petrofac investors to question whether the new recruit, even if he has splendid contacts in countries like Turkmenistan, is really a reputational asset.
If you wander off Ludwigstrasse — down streets like Sonnenbergstrasse and Faukenstrasse — you'll find splendid examples of regional country homes, with overhanging roofs, and heavy, wooden-beam construction.
All this worthy rewilding doesn't stop you having a splendid time playing the country gent or lady for the week: there's the full range of Highland sports ��� deer stalking (at least until the wolves take over, to show how it's supposed to be done), clay-pigeon shooting, fly fishing and riding.
