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- mishaneah, on 07/19/2009, -2/+35"Turkmenistan levels up, puts all skill points in to Terraforming research."
- theonlywizdum, on 07/19/2009, -1/+22You lost me at the part where you want to put a lake in the middle of the ***** desert.
- Darkelement878, on 07/19/2009, -1/+19"In a logic-defying feat that might have appealed to Stalin..." Uh, have you seen Las Vegas? Or how about Dubai? Sounds to me like Turkmenistan's just trying to get in on the "How can we waste our natural resources more effectively?" contest humanity seems to be so interested in.
- jurassiqpark, on 07/19/2009, -0/+15obviously trying to rival kazakhstan's intergalactic spaceport.
- humanerror, on 07/19/2009, -0/+14What could possibly go wrong?
- cosworth99, on 07/19/2009, -0/+10Muad'Dib!
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+10It'll be another Salton Sea- and that didn't turn out so well...
- nugz85, on 07/19/2009, -0/+9something tells me this isn't going to end well...
- Nudar, on 07/19/2009, -0/+7They made their own version of Las Vegas. Only problem is foreign journalists are banned and it's extremely difficult to get a visa so their Vegas is a ghost town.
- Junkyarddawg, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7So this is how it'll play out: a couple of hundred million dollars are invested in this project, most of which are embezzled. Project grinds to a halt about halfway through, after having depleted water resources needed to grow crops and destroying a couple of national parks. The lake starts to dry out. Locals start getting diseases from pollution and when they complain the government imprisons/deports/kills them. In ten years, all that's left is a big patch of land which used to be agricultural land and is now a salt flat, and a couple of obscenely fat bank accounts in Switzerland owned by party bosses.
- fxu1989, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7People lost in the desert will ignore it because they'll think it's an illusion.
What's the point...? - CaptainSoviet, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7Hey! I'm from Kyrgyzstan!
Granted, it's not great. That's why I'm not there anymore. - bromac, on 07/19/2009, -3/+8Absurdistan.
- bagpulistu, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4b-b-but what about the sandworms?!
- fury420, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5yeah, turns out there are at least fifteen countries that end in *stan, and even more if you include regions
my faves are Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Waziristan and Uyghurstan - Visual77, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea
- Long189, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5Turkmenistan prostitutes cleanest in the region. Kazakhstan 2nd of course...
- GnomeProfit, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3I'm surprised they haven't tried to buy glaciers too.
- grbradsk, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Hey, we tried that already! As water flows into the basin and nothing flows out it will become a lifeless Salton sea.
- Darkelement878, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3How is that how Borat would say that?
- sndream, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3If you think this is bad. Look at the proposed Tipaimukh Dam in India, once completed, it will cut off a lot of the water that flow downstream into Bangladesh, essentially choking off Bangladesh water supply during dry season and flooding it during rain season.
- Acrobeles, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mead
- omae, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2im sorry but i immediately thought of this when i read it
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153478/?sear ... - UrinalPooper, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1At least it's shovel-ready...
- murocan, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Exclusive to Turkish:
Greece = Yunanistan
Bulgaria = Bulgaristan
Serbia = Sırbistan
Croatia = Hırvatistan
Hungary = Macaristan
Suudi Arabia= Saudi Arabistan
Armenia= Ermenistan
Georgia= Gurcistan - Scottamus, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1It's so nice they are giving their old people something to do. (see pic)
- jmontes, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1I was thinking Elbonia.
- Darkelement878, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1I hope you realize that Hoover dam isn't natural.
- nugz85, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1STAN... YOUR NAME IS STAAAAN. remember son . re mem ber
- Darkelement878, on 07/19/2009, -1/+1Tried to edit that into my post but the time limit had passed ;) .
- phuzzee, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0ummm.....WTF????
- bazzarr, on 07/19/2009, -1/+1After its completed and the ribbon is cut, expect the locals to rush over and start washing their clothes and pooping in it.
- DoggyStyles, on 07/19/2009, -1/+1It all sounds kind of short-lived. What about this desert's lack of anual rainfall that caused the desert in the first place.
- allisonV12, on 07/19/2009, -5/+4Chinese heavy industry is trying to pawn off bulldozer's,pumps,pipe and bribes to a bunch of bored semi nomadic horsemen that should be raiding 12th century Europe instead.
- 4AntiStupid, on 07/19/2009, -1/+0I don't think I'd compare it to Las Vegas which has natural water resources. It's only a short drive to the Hoover Dam.
- gusyehia, on 07/19/2009, -1/+0lets go green
- mpd2plus, on 07/19/2009, -2/+1Well, it may not be "intergalactic", but the largest spaceport in the explored part of our galaxy happens to be in Kazakhstan, and I doubt any artificial lake would ever come close to "rivaling" it, as Borat would say.
- KnightMareInc, on 07/19/2009, -4/+2I didnt even know they were a country.
- njb444, on 07/19/2009, -3/+0wawaweewa!
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