The theme does sound familiar, but the content is fresh and interesting. I was able to plunk TUNISIA in immediately because several years ago I was in Oman and decided the Tatooine scenes must've been filmed there, only to look it up and find out I was wrong. Thanks, Sendhil!
Thanks for solving! I recently read that Tatooine originally had a different name, but it was deemed too similar to a character on Star Trek, and so they were inspired by a nearby town.