For our GEO QUIZ today we’re looking for the STANS ? seven countries that end with the suffix ?stan.? The answers are?Afghanistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; and Uzbekistan. Anchor Jeb Sharp tells us about an EIGHTH ?stan? that can’t be found on a map. It’s an idealized world created by Lebanese businessman Michel Eleftriades.
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