The intent is good, but the govt doing it kinda gives me the Soviet vibe. Someone in my family told me that, before they were able to go abroad as a tourist (to a Warsaw pact country), as part of the exit visa process they were quizzed on all kinds of Soviet trivia and political stuff. Cause, like, what if someone in Slobodia asks you who the culture minister is or what the Soviet position on Cameroon is, and you don't know?!! You have to know the right government facts to talk to the locals.