The Colony of Terminus Solus is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Terminus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.73 billion Terminus Solusians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leviathan's rest. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Terminus Solusian economy, worth 96.9 trillion universal credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,037 universal credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, birth rates have hit an all-time low, tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers, and the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months. Crime is totally unknown. Terminus Solus's national animal is the astral gigamoth.

Terminus Solus is ranked 44,015^th in the world and 764^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 46.73 quips per hour.