I think the original joke was meant to be about people who saw that and thought Kazakhstan was actually that terrible, without either reflecting on the US or educating themselves even a tiny bit on Kazakhstan .
Like it's a spoof on how Americans view ex-soviet nations or any non-british colonial state, while America itself has no trouble partaking in nearly all of the same depravities that Kazakhstan supposedly does.
Making up a whole country would also work, but they probably thought someone would catch on if he was just saying a non-existent country, though in reality a lot of the people he interviews probably would have zero clue the difference.
I think the original joke was meant to be about people who saw that and thought Kazakhstan was actually that terrible, without either reflecting on the US or educating themselves even a tiny bit on Kazakhstan .
Like it's a spoof on how Americans view ex-soviet nations or any non-british colonial state, while America itself has no trouble partaking in nearly all of the same depravities that Kazakhstan supposedly does.
Making up a whole country would also work, but they probably thought someone would catch on if he was just saying a non-existent country, though in reality a lot of the people he interviews probably would have zero clue the difference.