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“Country/Subdivision on this list”
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Sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong
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Absurdistan
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Central Asia
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Afghanistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Ajristan
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Afghanistan
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A micronation that claims garbage patches in international waters
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Angyalistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Ardestan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Arghistan
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Afghanistan
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A name for the Kingdom of Nepal
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Asal Hindustan
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Subdivision of Babylonia under the Sassanid Empire
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Asoristan
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The “metaphorical country” of the autistic people
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Autistan
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Subdivision of Armenia
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Aygestan
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Short-lived state in the Iranian province of Azarbaijan under Mohammad Khiabani
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Azadistan
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Sarcastic term for Greece following out the European Union bail out packages, coined by Yanis Varoufakis in his book ‘Adults in the Room: My Battle With the European and American Deep Establishment’
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Bailoutistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Bajestan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Balochistan
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Pakistan
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A northern region of another country on this list
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Baltistan
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Pakistan
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A proposed state in India
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Bangalistan
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Apartheid-era South African and South West African black ‘homeland’
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Bantustan
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Subdivision of Russia
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Bashkortostan
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National-territorial autonomy, during the Russian Civil War
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Bashkurdistan
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A kind of hospital in medieval Persia and the medieval Islamic world
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Bimaristan
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A moniker for Bradford, England, owning to its large population of Pakistani worker migrants
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Bradistan
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Subdivision of Armenia
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Burastan
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Epithet for Canada, used by Pat Buchanan on 31 October 2002, on his television show on MSNBC in which he denounced Canadians as anti-American and the country as a haven for terrorists. He was reacting to Canadian criticisms of US security measures regarding Arab Canadians
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Canuckistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Chamestan
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Subdivision of Russia
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Dagestan
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A region of northern (another country on this list) of Dardu speakers
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Dardistan
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Pakistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Dashtestan
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A Sassanian subdivision
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Dihistan
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Subdivision of Armenia
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Dzorastan
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Bangladesh under another country on this list
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East Pakistan
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Pakistan
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A region dominated by Uyghurs, located in northwest China
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East Turkestan
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Subdivision of Turkey
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Elbistan
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A film production company
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Filmistan
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An early medieval settlement and Buddhist monastery in (another country on this list)
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Fondukistan
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Afghanistan
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A historical term used (by Muslims and Persians in particular) to refer to Western or Christian Europe
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Frangistan
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A historical empire ubicated in modern-day Sudan
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Funjistan
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Name of a momument commemorating the historical Battle of Kosovo
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Gazimestan
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A medieval region of another country on this list
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Gharchistan
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Afghanistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Gilgit-Baltistan
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Pakistan
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Town of Azerbaijan
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Gobustan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Golestan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Gulistan
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Afghanistan
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A concept of a Palestinian Islamic government with Sharia as law
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Hamastan
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Satirical name of Melbourne, Victoria, due to the large number of hook turns on city roads
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Hookturnistan
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A psuedo-orientalist mansion built for P. T. Barnum in 1848 in Connecticut
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Iranistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Jovestan
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A historical name of the territory centered around present-day (capital of another country) province of (the country that owns the province)
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Kabulistan
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Afghanistan
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Historic region in (another country on this list) until 1896, now known as a subdivision of the country
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Kafiristan
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Afghanistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Karakalpakstan
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Uzbekistan
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Central Asia
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Kazakhstan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Khalajestan
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A proposed country for the Sikh people
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Khalistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Khuzestan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Kohistan
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Afghanistan
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Subdivision of many other countries
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Kurdistan
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Central Asia
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Kyrgyzstan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Larestan
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A historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the people of this region
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Lazistan
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Ethnolinguistic region in southern (Russian subdivision on this quiz) and northern Azerbaijan
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Lezgistan
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Dagestan
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French counter-terrorism agents gave the British/English capital this sobriquet. Sometimes used to derogatorily to refer to the large immigrant, especially Muslim
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Londonistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Malistan
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Afghanistan
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A proposed name for a Lebanese state during the Lebanese Civil War
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Maronistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Mehrestan
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A historical area in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Xinjiang (and 2 other countries in this quiz)
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Moghulistan
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Subdivision of Armenia
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Mrgastan
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A complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
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Muristan
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The title of a cover art for the 10 December 2001, edition of a magazine
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New Yorkistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Nuristan
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Afghanistan
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A derogatory term for Hungary under the rule of Viktor
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Orbánistan
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A community of people in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in Minnesota
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Paganistan
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Central Asia
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Pakistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Parchestan
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The area of (another country on this list) and North-Western (a different country on this list) historically inhabited by the tribes of this area
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Pashtunistan
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A region in western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Qabailistan
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A term coined by Barbara Kay in 2006 in reference to the french speaking province in Canada
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Quebecistan
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A region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Greater Khorasan
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Quhistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list
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Raghistan
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Afghanistan
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Historic site in Samarkand
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Registan
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A proposed country for the people mainly in Bulgaria, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia
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Romanistan
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Subdivision of another country on this list, but also a proposed province in the same country
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Sairaikistan
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Pakistan
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A historical and geographical region in present-day eastern Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and southern (another country in this list)
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Sakastan
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Afghanistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Sarvestan
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An underground space, usually found in the traditional architecture of mosques, houses and schools in ancient Persia
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Shabestan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Sistan and Baluchestan
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A skateboarding/educational organization based in the capital of another country on this list
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Skateistan
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Kabul, Afghanistan
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A derogatory word for a European country due to its growing immigration from Islamic countries. It is sometimes used by internet users to attack or offend the Muslims
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Swedistan
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A historical mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of Northern Iran
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Tabaristan
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Central Asia
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Tajikistan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Takestan
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A name for the country of another country in this list under the Taliban
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Talibanistan
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Afghanistan
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Ethnolinguistic region in the Southeastern Caucasus and Northwestern Iran
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Talyshstan
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Subdivision of Iran
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Tangestan
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Subdivision of Russia
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Tatarstan
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City of another country on this list
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Turkistan
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Kazakhstan
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Central Asia
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Turkmenistan
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Central Asia
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Uzbekistan
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A region of northwest (another country on this list)
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Waziristan
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Pakistan
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A historical region roughly corresponding to today’s (another country on this list)’s province
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Zabulistan
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Afghanistan
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A micronation currently in Nevada
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Zaqistan
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A suggested name for the region where people usually in Eastern Turkey live
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Zazaistan
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