The Joint Defense Command of Outer Solaria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by CASTELLAN with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.267 billion Outer Solarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Borealis. The average income tax rate is 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Outer Solarian economy, worth 602 trillion Auroras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,186 Auroras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, the taste of spices can sail a thousand ships, and foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Borealis Microbes against long odds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Outer Solaria's national animal is the Microbe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Outer Solaria is ranked 11,508^th in the world and 2^nd in Enomenos for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 87.3 Effective Tax Rate.