[knarf]

Why, just the other day I left ruralstan and traveled the roadstan to WalMartstan.

I purchased something made in Pakistan and returned to my home in ruralstan.

really folks ... how many friggin' 'stans ARE there ?

[SunkenCiv]

:')

• Pakistan accuses Iranian forces of killing 1 man, wounding another on its territory
  [Associated Press, January 1, 2012]

[ravager]

Stan or Sthan is the Sanskrit/Indo-Iranic word for “land” like England, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand .... there are as many ‘stans’ as there are ‘lands’.