The People's Republic of Solestepas is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 236 million Solese are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Solestepasian economy, worth 6.37 trillion Raios 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 27,004 Raios, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sections of the police receive paramilitary training, the government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, and a new "thought police" branch is being developed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solestepas's national animal is the Sand Pinscher, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Solestepas is ranked 14,163^rd in the world and 299^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 26.14 average smiles per day.