The People's Republic of Solova is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Workers with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 11.804 billion Solovans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Defense receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The People's Commune. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Solovan economy, worth a remarkable 3,455 trillion Solovs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 292,703 Solovs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solova's national animal is the Donkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Solova is ranked 563^rd in the world and 9^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 185.6 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.