I think you’re confusing old meta parameters with new meta_query parameters. meta_key should be just key and meta_value should be just value. Refer to WP_Query in Codex for correct syntax.
Also, print_r( $country_query ); will show you the actual SQL query being sent to the database and will show you where you’re going wrong.
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