Keith Davis recently arrived in the Central Asian country of Tazbekistan to serve as the British ambassador to the nation along with Neil Tilly, his seasoned second in command. Unfortunately Davis and Tilly aren't the best diplomats you'll ever meet. Things start off badly when Davis accidentally shoots an ibex, Tazbekistan's national animal, while on a hunting trip with the president. Relations are further jeopardised when the country's regime arrests a young British human-rights activist on trumped-up charges. And things go on from there ...