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Yankistan 

Traditionally, countries such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan - collectively known as the "STANS", are considered to be the embodiment of desperate, backward, currupt, morally and financially bankrupt states. The idea of the "banana republic" is along the same lines. Given the militaristic foreign policies of the USA in recent years, its current economic woes appear to some observers as a fitting comeuppance. And, it is believed that the root cause of the present difficulties lies in precisely those attributes that are commonly assigned to the "STANS". Thus, the term "Yankistan" serves to describe the USA in terms of "desperate, backward, currupt, morally and financially bankrupt". Of course, the heightened engagement of the USA in Central Asia, the home of many "stans", is the chief reason why "Yankistan" is used in this context.
Examples of this term in use occur:

1. At the China Daily blog, where it is said:

BROKE & CRASHED yankistan ready to kiss Russia arse" - This is in reference to the US offer to "reset" relations with Russia.

2. The Russian Pravda.ru features:

Desperate yankistan tries to launch "color revolution" in Kirgizstan - This is in reference to the alleged role of the USA in inciting popular discontent with the Kyrgyz government in a supposed effort to achieve regime change, and a government that will allow the US to maintain its Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan - that is presently used in the War on Terror: in Afghanistan!
Yankistan by Steve Bosco March 28, 2009
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Yankistan 

An ethnic country more commonly referred to as America.
Yankistan is an ethnic country.
Yankistan by AnonDoxy December 13, 2018

Yankeestan 

Used by Europeans as alternative name for the United States of America: Nation full of Yanks.
Euro bloke 1: "Can't believe they voted for that jizztrumpet as President"
Euro bloke 2: "I know mate. What else would you expect to have happened there in Yankeestan?"
Yankeestan by eurobloke February 2, 2019

Yakistan 

US Military slang for US Army's Yakima Training Center near Yakima, WA.

The terrain and climate attempt to approximate those found in Afghanistan.
Gotta pack for a two week training mission in Yakistan.
Yakistan by TomRedlion September 25, 2018

Yankistanis

Some Yankistanis were seen with wheeled suitcases at the subway stop, returning to Yankee Stadium.
Yankistanis by dee bea January 29, 2015

bankistan 

a nickname for bankstown, a notorious area in sydney which is densely populated with middle-eastern migrants.
that guy has a mullet, he must be from bankistan.
bankistan by lek shuuuu December 21, 2010

yanktank 

An older American vehicle (yank), which are known for being very fuel-inefficient, really large (tank) and often very uniquely designed. Most yanktanks were produced before the 1973 fuel crisis, but some are still produced today (Lincoln Town Car and Ford Crown Victoria for instance).

Some however think that the size of the engine of an yanktank should be given in cubic inches, and if it isn't it's not a real yanktank.
Fred: Scotty drives a real yanktank.
Mike: What does he drive then?
Fred: He's got a '64 Impala.
Mike: Oh, yeah, that's an yanktank for sure.
yanktank by difiCa July 26, 2007
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