The Principality of Sol des Chateau is a huge, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 578 million Chateauz'ens are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seiéseñielle. The average income tax rate is 74.4%.

The thriving Chateauze economy, worth 38.1 trillion frauzjes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,920 frauzjes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Dancing with your first cousin is a misdemeanor, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, and Blackacrean security services are wondering why Leader is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sol des Chateau's national animal is the black sheep, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sol des Chateau is ranked 310,208^th in the world and 455^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.