The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Mars beetles is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.446 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 income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Marsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,949 trillion Golden Yggdrasil Leaves 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 major contributions from Book Publishing and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an amazing 261,834 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance", photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Ringa Beetles's bedroom, and hackers post hourly updates on international summits. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mars beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

Mars beetles is ranked 913^th in the world and 71^st in World of Beetles for Lowest Crime Rates, with 174.6 law-abiding acts per hour.