The Lengthy Winding Treks of Taungu is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Shwenankyawshin with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 17.285 billion Taunguans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mandalay. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Taunguan economy, worth a remarkable 3,081 trillion Gold Taus a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 178,283 Gold Taus, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 870,597 per year while the poor average 20,991, a ratio of 41.5 to 1.

It can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Taunguan stage setups, and you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taungu's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shibe.

Taungu is ranked 287,243^rd in the world and 215^th in Thaecia for Most Primitive, scoring -498.37 on the Scary Big Number Scale.