The Confederacy of New Terrasol is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.181 billion Terrans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terra. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Terran economy, worth 453 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,472 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vast amounts of energy are expended moving water to hilltop lakes, New Terrasol has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, the government is pouring billions into replacement brains, and the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Terrasol's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

New Terrasol is ranked 11,051^st in the world and 196^th in 10000 Islands for Healthiest Citizens, with 14.12 bananas ingested per day.