The Empire of Solantara is a very large, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 468 million Solantarans 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 Welfare. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Solantaran economy, worth 47.6 trillion Sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 101,620 Sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

For some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate, tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, the Solantaran government is the world's largest NGO, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solantara's national animal is the Sun Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Solantara is ranked 6,611^th in the world and 153^rd in Europe for Safest, scoring 124.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.