The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Friend beetles is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.809 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 average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Friyndian economy, worth 777 trillion Golden Candy Canes 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 Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 204,102 Golden Candy Canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist, and homophobia is off the menu. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Friend beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Friend beetles is ranked 259,090^th in the world and 69^th in World of Beetles for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -17.89 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.