The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Cursed beetles is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.533 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 Cursian economy, worth a remarkable 1,994 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 264,723 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are given a short jail sentence, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cursed beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Cursed beetles is ranked 294,699^th in the world and 17^th in World of Beetles for Highest Disposable Incomes, with zero Standard Monetary Units.