The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Spirit beetles is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory vegetarianism, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.82 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 Spiritian economy, worth 760 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 impressive 199,167 Golden Candy Canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, atheists in the nation feel uneasy living in buildings where they were once vilified, citizens are required to report any and all incidents of prayer to their local Religious Affairs Officer, and patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Spirit beetles" at foreigners. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spirit beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Spirit beetles is ranked 33,046^th in the world and 81^st in World of Beetles for Most Influential, scoring 1,293 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.