Myanmar (Earth-1352)

"A long time ago, I was in Myanmar. Myself and other agents were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Yangon by a bandit. So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him. One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away."

- - Alfred Pennyworth to Bruce Wayne

Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a country in South Asia.

History
During Alfred Pennyworth's tenure as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, he and other agents were working alongside with local forces to drive natives out of some lands in trade of precious stones. However, the natives had their caravans raided in a forest north of Yangon by a criminal.

Pennyworth and the other agents spent the next sixth months looking for the individual and the items he stole. However, one day he found a child with one of them, finally realizing the criminal was throwing them away through the country for apparently no reason.

He later recalled this story to Bruce Wayne to make an analogy with the Joker and his motivations.