Does Taiwan have some of our ongoing problems, like un underclass of troublemakers collecting benefits and contributing little or nothing, or an opposition party demanding communism?
Yes and no. It doesn't have waves of illegal immigrants (its an island) as a political wedge. Its also culturally/racially all Chinese / Fujian-Chinese, so they don't have the cancerous race-baiting that goes on in the USA. Very few demand Communism (unlike here) but there is a very strong "Nordic socialist" element that thinks government can provide everything. Much like Japan, and even China itself, youth are highly materialistic, modern, and soft. They don't reproduce and most certainly don't want to anger, much less fight, China.