The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Light beetles is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.799 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 Lightian economy, worth 755 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 significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 198,770 Golden Candy Canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, Lightian royals love to remind their siblings who was adopted first, napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Light beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Light beetles is ranked 3,891^st in the world and 88^th in World of Beetles for Smartest Citizens, with 143.42 quips per hour.