A banana republic is a country dependent on a single, limited-resource export. Banana republic may also refer to: Music Banana Republic (album), by Francesco De Gregori and Lucio Dalla (1979) "Banana Republic" (song), a 1980 single by The Boomtown Rats "Banana Republics", a song by Steve Goodman, Jim Rothermel, and Steve Burgh (1976) Film Bananas (film), a 1971 comedy film by Woody Allen, set in a fictional banana republic Bananas!*, a 2009 Swedish documentary Other uses Banana Republic, an American chain of clothing stores Republica de los Bananas, a fictional country in the board game Junta See also Banana (disambiguation)