like-minded country; country sharing the same ideals
Used in political or diplomatic contexts to refer to a nation that shares similar values, goals, or ideology with another.
The two countries are deepening cooperation as like-minded nations.
友好国 is a friendly nation with amicable relations, whereas 同志国 stresses ideological alignment.
Compound of 同志 (dōshi, 'same mind, comrade') and 国 (koku, 'country'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for political concepts.