republik pisang

1.
Indonesianneutral
- literal translation: 'banana republic.'
2.
Indonesianderogatoryinformal
- figurative: a derogatory term for a country perceived as politically unstable, corrupt, or governed by dictatorial elites and dependent on a single export commodity.

Examples:

ID: Apa ini perdagangan bebas atau republik pisang totaliter?
EN: Is this a free market system with the consent of the governed? Or some totalitarian banana republic?
ID: Brasil bukan republik pisang yang bisa gulingkan presiden karena ia tak populer.
EN: Brazil is not a banana republic that can remove a president just because he's not popular.
ID: Polisi-polisi keparat di republik pisang.
EN: Those fucking banana Republic cops.
ID: Anda pikir Anda ada di republik pisang?
EN: You think you're in some banana republic?
ID: Ini bukan republik pisang.
EN: This is not a banana republic.
ID: Swedia itu republik pisang.
EN: Sweden's a bloody banana republic.
ID: Meski kerap terlihat seperti muncikari di tengah mafia republik pisang, sebenarnya jenderal kecil ini berhasil menyelamatkan Cile dari serbuan Bolshevik.
EN: Although he often looked like a pimp in the hide of a banana republic mafioso, the truth is that this little general successfully rescued Chile from a Bolshevik infestation.