The United Socialist States of Sol- is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.631 billion Solites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Solarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,260 trillion Ergs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 223,869 Ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, black gold is looking more brown these days, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, and cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sol-'s national animal is the Human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sol- is ranked 94,595^th in the world and 79^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,395.89 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.