The Republic of Solstein is a tiny, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 12 million Solsteinians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Solsteinian economy, worth 468 billion Woofs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,053 Woofs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, and a glyph of Leader is worth a thousand letters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solstein's national animal is the Corgi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Solstein is ranked 110,568^th in the world and 196^th in Horizon for Highest Poor Incomes, with 28,334.65 Standard Monetary Units.