The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of August beetles is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.481 billion Beetles love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

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

The frighteningly efficient Augustian economy, worth a remarkable 2,014 trillion Golden Yggdrasil Leaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 269,276 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, the government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots, and the parliament building has installed a revolving door. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. August beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

August beetles is ranked 966^th in the world and 92^nd in World of Beetles for Lowest Crime Rates, with 172.36 law-abiding acts per hour.