The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Volcan beetles is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.578 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 Volcanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,006 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 264,805 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, if they thought anyone would listen the older generation would likely say that nobody listens to them any more, posters remind people that 'Hoarding Mushrooms Is Theft', and community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home. 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 1,295^th in the world and 25^th in World of Beetles for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 23,923.08 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.