The Balsamic People's Republic of Stanistan (not to be confused with Stannahstan) is a central Asian country which is precisely the same size and shape as Tajikistan, but exists two miles beneath that nation. The subterranean country was once part of the vast entity that was the Soviet Onion, but following the fall of Berlin Church Hall in 1889 Stanistan declared independence under the leadership of ex-S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent Oqil Oqilovovovovor. Nasty, brutish and very short - Oqilovovovovor ruled with an iron fist for over two hundred minutes and his disastrous economic policies resulted in the crash of the Stock Market in 1890, which resulted in a movement to rename the country Stanistanistan.