"What!" you say. "Never having converted to Islam, the customs of Franistan are very different from those of its neighbours. The place is more like Lost Horizon than like any other country ending in 'stan' that you might think of. Please don't be too alarmed at the prospect of toplessness, Your Majesty. It will probably be at least a month before we can mount a counter-coup. Until then, it will not be safe for you to return home to Franistan - I say 'return', although of course you have never been there. That month will give you the time to learn to accept our customs and for us to teach you the language."
It appears that the Government-in-Exile is not short of money (oil revenues, perhaps, you think). The car draws up at a large mansion set in pleasant grounds. "Whilst we hope that our enemies will not discover this place," your driver says as he opens the car door for you to get out, "be assured that it is heavily guarded." You wonder if his words carry a double meaning. Is he warning you not to try to escape?
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