flag, which while unconventional, "makes flag-folding ceremonies easier". Language The Phaic Tănese language is a tonal language with four tones, sharing similarities with Chinese. There is also a fifth tone emerging, but this tone is largely restricted to use by rappers. It is spoken with an average of 192 syllables per minute. Pyangtru Yix Qaugen (Hospital of Hearts) The Phaic Tăn website features a spoof soap opera called Pyangtru Yix Qaugen (Hospital of Hearts), in which the characters (Doctor Lahbkot, 3-star General Kpow and his much younger millionairess wife) speak in what appears to be a dialect of Chinese spoken in Taiwan and parts of Fujian, Vietnamese and some heavily accented garbled sounds made to resemble Korean, subtitled in a stilted form of English, with curious turns of phrase and double entendres. This is a parody of the English subtitles often encountered on kung fu movies, or an attempt at Engrish. Other titles in the Jetlag Travel series Molvanîa San Sombrèro Fictional travel guides This book advertises other (fictional) travel guides on the industrialized Costa del Pom (Iberia), Pfaffland (Scandinavia), unappetizing Gastronesia (South Asia), Sherpastan (the Himalayas), and Cartelombia (South America), as well as such specialized guides as Travel for Germans, Family Vacations, Cycling the World, Hair Raising Drives, Arduous Walks, Travel for Seniors, Tax Havens, and Let's Go Game Hunting. It also advertises its rather corrupt website. References External links Official website for Phaic Tăn travels Hospital of Hearts Hospital of Hearts video "Phaic Tăn, the final tourism frontier", New Zealand Herald, February 16, 2005 Fictional Asian countries 2004 books Australian books Travel guide books Australian travel books