It seems creating your own imaginary nation and arming it to defend itself against it's neighbors (or attack said neighbors) is all the rage here on the GHQ forum ... so I decided to join in the fun.
[As if the fergana valley region wasn't complicated enough without a new country there... Interestingly enough that area of Kyrgyzstan is pretty restive and is culturally very different from the north, its not too much of a stretch to imagine it declaring independence or for the borders to have been drawn differently.]
I guess one of Alexander the great's generals broke off north and settled to provide the Greek influence?
I would imagine Malakastan also has significant potential mineral reserves in the central mountain belt?