The Empire of The Solus is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 233 million Solusians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 60.7%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Solusian economy, worth 6.16 trillion Solusian Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,430 Solusian Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, black tea is only available on the black market, and homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Solus's national animal is the Solusian Silver Bobcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Solus is ranked 230,318^th in the world and 1,255^th in 10000 Islands for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -10 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.