The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Jewel beetles is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, compulsory vegetarianism, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.613 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, outspoken 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 Jywylian economy, worth a remarkable 2,031 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 and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an amazing 266,865 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Jewel beetles, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and women give birth underneath so many blankets that the doctor can't feel the bump. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jewel beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Jewel beetles is ranked 7,921^st in the world and 54^th in World of Beetles for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 456.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.