Petticoats, corsets, frilly knickers, lace and canes - all part of the Imperial world inhabited by Thrift; a young and naive foreign office agent sent on her novice excursion to China with a troop of perverse and devious colleagues. From her medical screening to her shenanigans overseas, Thrift wriggles and writhes through a progression of spankings and sophisticated punishment routines designed to delight and smart.