The United Socialist States of Sol- is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.447 billion Solites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Solarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,194 trillion Ergs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 219,204 Ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The wreckages of bombed planes that litter Sol- are highly popular tourist destinations, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, and the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sol-'s national animal is the Human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sol- is ranked 286,181^st in the world and 381^st in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.2 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.