What is a banana republic?

Answer 1

Besides the clothing store that the trendoids like?

It's a derogatory term for a small south or central American country. The place is usually poor, maybe run by a dictator or military leader, and their primary source of revenue is bananas.

Answer 2

Banana republic is a pejorative term for a small, often Latin American, Caribbean or African country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture, and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and corrupt clique.[citation needed] In most cases they have kept the government structures that were modeled after the colonial Spanish ruling clique, with a small, largely leisure class on the top and a large, poorly educated and poorly paid working class of peons. The term was coined by O. Henry, an American humorist and short story writer, in reference to Honduras. "Republic" in his time was often a euphemism for a dictatorship, while "banana" implied an easy reliance on basic agriculture and backwardness in the development of modern industrial technology. Frequently the subject of mockery and humour, and usually presided over by a dictatorial military junta that exaggerates its own power and importance—"the epaulettes of a banana republic generalissimo" are proverbially of considerable size, usually portrayed in satire with a pair of mops—a banana republic also typically has large wealth and income inequities, poor infrastructure, poor schools, a backward economy, low capital spending, a reliance on foreign capital and money printing, budget deficits, and a weakening currency. Banana republics are typically also highly prone to revolutions and coups.

Answer 3

It's one of the major clothing stores.

Answer 4

it's a clothes store

Answer 5

one with an unstable economy and rampant inflation

Answer 6

A UNISEX CLOTHING STORE IN MOST MAJOR MALLS!!!!