NationStates Jolt Archive

I cant list all of them, because theres 14, not counting Russia, but Ill just put in the ones that (I think) sound best :P

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan


That's all of them...top 3 in my opinion:
1. Azerbaijan
2. Estonia
3. Tajikistan

Azerbaijan, because it's used a lot in the first Splinter Cell. Latvia would be my second choice.

Best name? The names of countries do not appeal to me. A nation is worth what a nation produces and that will be how is nation is judged.

Fool! You forgot to include Myrthistan!

Fool! You forgot to include Myrthistan!

Is that suppose to be along the lines of Molvania? LOL!

What a strange poll...

What about the Russian Federated Soviet Socialist Soviet Republic?

I voted Kyrgyzstan...

...the only reason for that is that, unlike every other former Soviet state, I have NO idea how to pronounce Kyrgyzstan.

Would it be "Keer-geh-stahn", "Kair-jis-stan", "Kyehr-gyez-stahn"??

The possibilities are endless... :p

I have to vote for Uzbekistan as I've just spent 3 months of my life there. Which is actually Oz'bekiston in Uzbek/Ozbek. Uzbekistan is the russified version.

And having talked to an Uzbek, a Kazak, a Tatar and a Tajik, but not a Kyrgyz, I can tell you it's pronounced something like cur-jiz-stan. Well not quite like that the 'r' is hard and roled. Not an easy sound for an english speaker.

edit: and I can tell you most american's pronounce Uzbekistan something like 'oozebekistan'.

Wasn't Poland a former Soviet State? :confused:

Wasn't Poland a former Soviet State? :confused:

Yeah, but never part of the union I dont think. They took over most of eastern europe but I dont think the USSR grew

Missed out all the Balkan states as well.

Yeah, but never part of the union I dont think. They took over most of eastern europe but I dont think the USSR grew
Poland was a Kingdom in the pre-1917 Russian Empire, it wasn't a part of the USSR.

Poland was a Kingdom in the pre-1917 Russian Empire, it wasn't a part of the USSR.
Yes it was. Poland was the first to declare independence(or was it something else???) within the USSR I believe.

Oh... They were all people's republics rather than SSRs. Seems like I was wrong.

I actually like all of the names. They feel so exotic and many are places I would love to be able to travel to sometime if I ever had the ability to do so. The region of central asia has a great calling for me, for some unknown reason.

Missed out all the Balkan states as well.

Balkan was never part of Soviet Union, either.

Yes it was. Poland was the first to declare independence(or was it something else???) within the USSR I believe.
You're wrong. Soviet Russia never laid claim to Poland as a whole. The USSR annexed a good part of it in 1939, that's a fact - Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia are former Polish lands.

and I can tell you most american's pronounce Uzbekistan something like 'oozebekistan'.

Isn't that how it's pronounced?

edit: I voted for Kyrgyzstan because I have no idea how to pronounce it.

I voted for Kyrgyzstan because it has only one vowel in it and yet it is 10 letters long!

Kyrgyzistan and Tadzikistan seem to match well on a good steack with french fries.

Kyrgyzstan is pronounced

Ker-Giz-Stan

Kyrgyzstan is pronounced

Ker-Giz-Stan

That's interesting......

I gotta go with Azerbaijan. Its by far the hardest to pronounce.

I gotta go with Azerbaijan. Its by far the hardest to pronounce.
Why do you people find these names so hard to pronounce? It might be easier for me cause I'm from a -stan but it shouldn't really be that hard.

Why do you people find these names so hard to pronounce? It might be easier for me cause I'm from a -stan but it shouldn't really be that hard.

What -stan do you come from?

What -stan do you come from?
Pakistan, that's an easy one but the rest of them aren't exactly challenging either.

Pakistan, that's an easy one but the rest of them aren't exactly challenging either.
Oh, I have quite a few friends from Pakistan.

Two points. 1st, Russia's official name is now the Russian Federation, not the Russian Federated Soviet Socialist Republic. There is no such thing as a Soviet Republic, and there hasn't been since 1991. 2nd, Poland, and the rest of Eastern Europe were USSR satellites, but were never part of USSR. BTW, I vote for the Russian Federation, because that's where my girlfriend is from. :)

Two points. 1st, Russia's official name is now the Russian Federation, not the Russian Federated Soviet Socialist Republic. There is no such thing as a Soviet Republic, and there hasn't been since 1991. 2nd, Poland, and the rest of Eastern Europe were USSR satellites, but were never part of USSR. BTW, I vote for the Russian Federation, because that's where my girlfriend is from. :)
Yes, that's why the title includes the word 'Former'.

Oh, I have quite a few friends from Pakistan.
My parents are from the Irani/Pakistani border so we got some Persian in us :D

My parents are from the Irani/Pakistani border so we got some Persian in us :D

Well, my friends are all from like the West bit of Pakistan and Islamabad and Karachi etc.

Well, my friends are all from like the West bit of Pakistan and Islamabad and Karachi etc.
Yeah, my family is along the west. I think one side of my grandparents are from Islamabad and the other is from Peshawar.

I voted for Kyrgyzstan because that's where I live at the moment. I'll return to Seattle for the summer but then I'm back for the next year or two (or as long as I can stand it).

I was living in Jalalabad, which is in the South near Uzbekistan, but in September I begin a year in Bishkek, the capitol in the North.

Teaching English, if you really must know.

Cheers, Nemo :)

Yeah, my family is along the west. I think one side of my grandparents are from Islamabad and the other is from Peshawar.
And they hail from little villages near Afghanistan as well (which means their family is very strict!)

And they hail from little villages near Afghanistan as well (which means their family is very strict!)
I think my family is full of city-slickers.

Yes, that's why the title includes the word 'Former'.

I understand that, and so does the original poster, but several early posters seemed not to.

I think my family is full of city-slickers.

Lol, so does that mean that they are all quite 'liberal'?

Lol, so does that mean that they are all quite 'liberal'?
Yup, they say that the mullahs have too much control.

Yup, they say that the mullahs have too much control.

Do you live in Pakistan?

Do you live in Pakistan?
Nopes, born and raised in Quebec, Canada.

Nopes, born and raised in Quebec, Canada.

Oh, okay lol. That's quite far from Pakistan.

Oh, okay lol. That's quite far from Pakistan.
Yep :D

Yep :D

Have you ever been to Pakistan?

Have you ever been to Pakistan?
5 or 6 times.

5 or 6 times.

Did you like it over there? My friend Nadiyah hates going to Pakistan.

Kazakhstan!

KAZ-ACK-A-STAN!!! ;)

Kazakhstan!

KAZ-ACK-A-STAN!!! ;)

Yes.....wonderful!

Did you like it over there? My friend Nadiyah hates going to Pakistan.
It's awesome.

It's awesome.
Really!?!

But then I guess you must go to the city and not the villages.

Really!?!

But then I guess you must go to the city and not the villages.
Yeah, I'm not a village person (lol).

Yeah, I'm not a village person (lol).

Lol, me neither. I'm a city boy through and through! :D

Lol, me neither. I'm a city boy through and through! :D
The city is where all the fun is at :)

It's not "Moldavia", it's "Moldova". :D

And this tiny, elongated state manages to have a separatist region, further slicing it up -- Transdniestr. A secessionnist state that's 15 miles wide.
http://www.marisha.net/transdniestr/PMR.gif

Transdniestr rules!!!! LOL

Anyway, any place with "mold" in its name deserves a special mention.
And any place ending with "-str" is sure original enough to win a triple gold medal.

Kyrgyzstan. Wales must have owned it at some point, with that vowel/constanant ratio. :p