The United States of The Sol Desert is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Lord Sandrone with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.918 billion Desertians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helios. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Desertian economy, worth 322 trillion Flares a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,571 Flares, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, Desertian husbands are dead good at fathering kids, the nation leads Europeia for unlikely accidents and truffle consumption, and tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sol Desert's national animal is the Scorched Snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

The Sol Desert is ranked 122,138^th in the world and 441^st in Europeia for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,906.5 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.