The Empire of Solantara is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 362 million Solantarans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Solantaran economy, worth 29.9 trillion Sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 82,681 Sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, hospitals in Solantara are too busy serving the needs of Europe to see Solantarans, diplomatic cables about Leader have suddenly been very flattering, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solantara's national animal is the Sun Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Solantara is ranked 31,784^th in the world and 378^th in Europe for Highest Poor Incomes, with 72,900.93 Standard Monetary Units.