Comment Re:It's ELBONIA (Score 3, Informative) 291
The following are actual countries ending in -stan
Former members of the USSR:
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Tajikistan
- Kyrgyzstan
Not members of the USSR:
- Afghanistan (but almost!)
- Pakistan
"-stan" is a suffix in Farsi and Sanskrit meaning "home" or "place of".
For a full list of national, regional, and ficticious -stans, see -stan article on wikipedia.