The Empire of Solantara is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 506 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 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Solantaran economy, worth 52.4 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 broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 103,521 Sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, colleges adhere to rigid ethnic quotas for admissions, cat memes without alt text are now illegal, and the amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded. 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 16,807^th in the world and 286^th in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,763.55 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.