The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Volcan beetles is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.847 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 Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Volcanian economy, worth 765 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 Tourism. Average income is an impressive 198,883 Golden Candy Canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, the Volcanian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and frat-house partying has become the national pastime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volcan beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Volcan beetles is ranked 259,238^th in the world and 72^nd in World of Beetles for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -17.94 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.