The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of November beetles is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.899 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 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Novymbian economy, worth 781 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 highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 200,352 Golden Candy Canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers, staffers take uppers in the old upper house chamber, and atheists on vacation find Athyism's scriptures make useful doorstops. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. November beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

November beetles is ranked 228,432^nd in the world and 14^th in World of Beetles for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.66 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.