Possible Clues:

• African state where one follows matriarchal rule
• It borders Zambia and Tanzania
• Country where I'm a lawbreaker?
• Rule - one must support mother country
• Many a rule initially impeding African state
• A law I'm making up in Africa
• African nation, formerly Nyasaland
• East African country
• I'm taken aback about a ruling in African country
• Country to west of Lake Nyasa