The Republic of Insecta is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Co-President Sclerite with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.812 billion Insectans 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bugston. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Insectan economy, worth a remarkable 2,043 trillion Bits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,149 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, the Insectan Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, and Co-President Sclerite is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Insecta's national animal is the Moth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Insecta is ranked 22,247^th in the world and 955^th in Osiris for Highest Poor Incomes, with 87,183.7 Standard Monetary Units.