The Communist Royal Beetledom of Gold Dung Beetle is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Vita-Flavia Scarabya with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.78 billion Dung Beetles are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goldentown. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Goldian economy, worth a remarkable 2,391 trillion Dung Balls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 307,347 Dung Balls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, and the Snapgram channel "Embarrassing Baby Vita-Flavia Scarabya Pics" has made Vita-Flavia Scarabya's mom a celebrity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gold Dung Beetle's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Athyism.

Gold Dung Beetle is ranked 1,704^th in the world and 4^th in Lost Planet for Lowest Crime Rates, with 151.18 law-abiding acts per hour.