The United Socialist States of Sol- is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.558 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 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Solarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,232 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 221,782 Ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', the national defense strategy is a little floppy, children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines, and the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers. 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 325,894^th in the world and 478^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 3,992.09 Standard Monetary Units.