The Protectorate of New Solutsk is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 634 million New Solutskians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped New Solutskian economy, worth 21.7 trillion Solutsk Dollars 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 34,203 Solutsk Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Treason is relative, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for New Solutskian citizenship, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Solutsk's national animal is the Solutskian Slugcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Solutsk is ranked 199,012^th in the world and 19^th in The Toastic Assembly for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 45.88 on the Clooney Contribution Index.