The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of October beetles is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.466 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 Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Octobian economy, worth a remarkable 1,967 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 263,532 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, and the nation is known as the cheapskates of World of Beetles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. October beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.

October beetles is ranked 785^th in the world and 13^th in World of Beetles for Lowest Crime Rates, with 178.77 law-abiding acts per hour.