[tzs]

I wonder why he didn't use a fictional country? That would insure that he wouldn't meet anyone from there. He could even pick one that has been used before, and put a couple references to that prior use, to give fans a bit of trivia to notice.

For example, use Franistan, and have a reference to the Maharincess of Franistan's 1952 visit to New York.

[toyg]

You lose part of the comedy value. As with his latest "Brothers Grimsby" or with "Brüno" and all the way to Ali G, Baron-Cohen likes to root his comedy in geographically-defined stereotypes. Occasionally the result latches on somewhat universal figures, but from the beginning it relies on viewers sharing Sacha's prejudices on this or that geographically-defined subculture.