Gulliver admires many aspects of life in Lilliput and really doesn't take major issue with much until the emperor asks him to decimate the Blefuscudian fleet (a request he refuses because he cannot bring himself to enslave a free people). Thus, if I were Gulliver, I would be highly complimentary of their military discipline, as he is. Further, I would be greatly entertained by the rope-dancers, those Lilliputians who are competing for positions at court, as he expresses how enjoyable he finds them as well as the stick jumpers (he sees no irony in their method of choosing people for these important offices).
Gulliver does find the Lilliputians' struggles concerning which end of the egg to crack somewhat unnecessary, especially as it has caused such discord in the empire. He says that each man ought to be able to decide according to his own conscience which side of the egg to crack, and so he would likely describe the Lilliputians as being picky or a bit inflexible in this case (even though he seems desirous to avoid criticizing them). However, Gulliver seems to think highly of their legal system which, unlike England's, includes both reward for good behavior and punishment for bad.
Ultimately, Gulliver is somewhat disillusioned by the events that result in his escape from Lilliput -- after he pees on the palace to put out a fire that threatened to destroy the entire structure, he is the subject of a conspiracy to indict him for treason. Therefore, he would likely describe these events with some confusion and sadness, because he is disappointed by the fact that his good services to the crown seem to count for so little now.
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