Twenty Questions, Round Two

Here are the next round of questions.  After these ones, feel free to ask specific country or city names.  And this time (unlike the last two times), you might actually want to win and come visit us.  Moving up in the world!
Does it end with -stan?
Yes.
Does the country have a lake named Aydarkul?
Yes.
Was the first president of this country Islam Karimov?
Yes.
Does this country share a border with five other countries?
Yes (I had to look on map for that one).
Does this country have the Bande Pitaw Wildlife Refuge?
No.
Can you drive your HHE to your next post?
Yep!
Does it start with a U?
Yes.
Looking forward to your guesses!