Borat says: Kazakhstan is the No. 1 exporter of potassium.

Vassilenko says: Kazakhstan's oil industry is responsible for the country's economic boom.

Borat says: Prostitution is one of the major industries in Kazakhstan.

Vassilenko says: Women in Kazakhstan are more likely to be doctors, lawyers, and teachers than prostitutes.

Borat says: The traditional Kazakh beverage is fermented horse urine.

Vassilenko says: The traditional Kazakh beverage is fermented horse milk.

Borat says: The Kazakhstani greeting is "jagshemash."

Vassilenko says: "Salamatsyz ba" is "good afternoon" in Kazakh.

Borat says: The Running of the Jews is a favorite pastime in Kazakhstan.

Vassilenko says: Horse racing and other games on horseback are popular at Kazakhstani festivals.

Borat says: The "2003 Tulyakev Reforms" are responsible for such freedoms as women being allowed to ride on the inside of a bus.

Vassilenko says: Kazakhstan's biggest governmental change in recent history was its independence in 1991. Women have had the right to vote in Kazakhstan since 1924.

Borat says: Kazakhstan's space program launches chimpanzees and toddlers into orbit.

Vassilenko says: Kazakhstan participates in the International Space Station program, and hosts the station's docking site in its steppes.

Borat says: Kazakhstan's embassy spokesman Roman Vassilenko is an "Uzbek imposter."

Vassilenko says: Vassilenko is a proud patriot of Kazakhstan. His country is home to many migrant workers from its northern neighbor Uzbekistan.

Borat says: Borat has no connection with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, and would support Kazakhstan if it decided to sue him.

Vassilenko says: Another spokesman for Kazakhstan once said his government "reserved the right" to legal action against Cohen. No specific threat of a lawsuit was made or intended.

Borat says: Gays in Kazakhstan once had to wear blue hats, and are executed by hanging.

Vassilenko says: Homophobia is a social ill in America.