Shaped like someone stretched a normal country until it snapped, desert at one end, glaciers at the other.
Fun fact: Some weather stations in its Atacama Desert have never recorded a single drop of rain.
Makes about ninety percent of the world's advanced chips, which is a fairly decent bargaining position to be in.
Fun fact: Garbage trucks across Taiwan play Beethoven's "Für Elise" on loudspeakers to signal their arrival.