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  1. Re:It's ELBONIA on Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  2. Re:Isn't Estonia that "fake country" in Dilbert? on Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success · · Score: 1

    Btw, it's spelled Veljo Tormis and he's one of my favorite choral composers.