Given the fact that Steppistan is an ethnically diverse country, the task of selecting and standardizing a single language as the new national linguistic code is incredibly difficult. Therefore, in the process of language planning, cultural, socio-economic and political factors are to be taken into account alongside linguistic factors. Despite the fact that none of the languages of the ethnic groups would yield a perfect solution, it seems that the language spoken by Caspians is the best solution with respect to linguistic, socio-economic, cultural and political criteria. Linguistically, there are reasons to believe that Caspian is the best solution for the new national language. First off, it is quite important that the new language be felt as linguistically close to the rest of the country, or, at least, to the majority of its citizens. Caspian belongs to the Turkic language family, which is desirable because the languages of the three other ethnic groups belong to this family. The fact that the language is genetically related to Dushani, Arali and Baku makes for a good linguistic reason to select it as the official language since the other three groups will not feel completely alienated from it, as it would be the case if Esmaili were to be selected. Of course, this alone is not a good enough reason to prefer it over the other three languages, but together with other arguments makes for a reasonable solution. In addition, Caspian also uses a Roman script, which is very useful given the fact that one of the goals of the new nation is joining the global economic currents, and using a Roman script would certainly be one step towards cultural and linguistic integration. Socio-economic factors are perhaps the crucial reason why Caspian should be selected as the official language of Steppistan. One of the reasons in this group would certainly be that the capital city of the new country is located on the territory where Caspian is the majority language. Having the new language spoken in the capital city is one of the best ways to disseminate it throughout the country though the media and public administration. Furthermore, this new capital also hosts the only center of higher education, a public university, where lectures are given in Caspian. Promoting the higher education in the rest of the country would certainly mean having more and more speakers of Caspian and a more unified country. Next in the line of socio-economic reasons as to why Caspian should be chosen as the new official language is the fact that its speakers seem to constitute the middle class whose values of tolerance and secularism are crucial for a multiethnic country. The income among Caspians is more diversified; about half of the population is secular and does not belong to any of the traditional religions; and Caspians are well-educated and open to the Western cultural tradition as about half of the population speaks English. It is also important to note that Caspians have a large population, though not the largest of all the ethnic groups. Finally, there are strong political reasons to prefer Caspian over the other four languages. Reducing the risks of nationalist revolts is certainly one of the crucial aspects of political life in newly unified countries. It is a positive fact that not all the ethnic groups have gone throu