They eat sitting cross-legged on the floor. You don't consider insects, dogs, cats, monkeys, or guinea pigs to be food. In fact it is very possible you are a strict vegetarian. If you do eat meat it is probably either mutton, chicken or fish. It is expensive and not something you can afford to indulge in everyday.
Many people can only afford two meals a day anyway.
You find a multiple-party system natural. You expect politicians of all parties to be corrupt and inefficient. Socialism used to be taken seriously till around 1985. You think most problems could be solved if only people would be decent. You have a court system which is relatively clean and just, but immensely slow.