Welcome to Kazakhstan

Here's a map for geography-challenged Americans showing where Kazakhstan is located.

Does Kazakhstan have an image problem? Do movie-goers believe there is a grain of truth in "Borat"? And if the answers are "Yes" and "Yes," than what does Kazakhstan (the real-life Kazakhstan) do about this?

According to a recent National Public Radio story, the Kazakhstan Embassy has been giving interviews to set the record straight. Kazakhstan has been buying advertising on U.S. television and elsewhere to tout the virtues of their fledgling nation. And Baron Sacha Cohen, the comic who plays the oafish fictional journalism from Kazakhstan, has been invited to visit the place he has been making fun of.
Gabcast! Club MediaNote #2 - Borat