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All is going swimmingly, when disaster strikes. Moldova, an Eastern European statelet run by populist strongman President Bagrayev, discovers an abandoned, ex-Soviet missile bunker containing hundreds of nuclear weapons, still functional and still wired to control systems. This discovery emboldens Bagrayev to annex the neighbouring province of Transnistria. Of course, the rest of the world can't let this stand. And who better to send as a diplomat than Helen, Ambassador of Woke?

A satire on contemporary "woke" progressive politics ''and'' on one of its bêtes noires, the politically incorrect populist leader, ''The Woke Iliad'' is very funny. I suspect I am further to the social justice end of the political spectrum than its author, but I'm glad to say that I haven't lost my sense of humour and I think it's a shame that so many of us on the modern left have forgotten how to laugh at ourselves. There are too many one-liners to mention here but I really would like to hear some ''turbo-folk'', which is a blend of Moldovan folk music and 80s deep techno, with yodelling for vocals. The fight scenes are hilarious.