The United Socialist States of Sol- is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.612 billion Solites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Solarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,255 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 223,702 Ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, soporific speeches from Leader have left the opposition utterly knocked out, and war is more of a science than an art. 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 2,487^th in the world and 45^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 136.64 law-abiding acts per hour.