Answers are names or nicknames of countries past, present, fact, fiction and in song.
1 Big in insurance? (4)
2 Term is a lot of ups (7,4)
3 Fair saint in the East? (9)
4 Government head has nothing! (8)
5 Applaud a crowd? (7)
6 Plague - why? ((7)
7 Idiot in a tonic scale (7,4)