The Union of Solar Energy and Free States is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Renalt with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 24.216 billion Unionists enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 64.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Unionist economy, worth an astonishing 10,533 trillion Union Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 434,991 Union Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Liberal Progressive and Progressive Liberal parties swear that they have totally different ideologies, too many hyper-intelligent chefs can spoil the allegorical broth, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, and the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO. Crime is totally unknown. Solar Energy and Free States's national animal is the black bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Solar Energy and Free States is ranked 251,761^st in the world and 9,053^rd in Osiris for Fattest Citizens, with 7.36 Obesity Rate.