The Federation of Solanara is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 845 million Solanarans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vashtan. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Solanaran economy, worth 61.7 trillion firasems a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 72,964 firasems, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The true length of the coastline of Solanara may never be measured, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solanara's national animal is the kiranthosa parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Solanara is ranked 271,993^rd in the world and 4,299^th in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 16,489.9 Standard Monetary Units.