The Joint Defense Command of Outer Solaria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by CASTELLAN with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.186 billion Outer Solarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Borealis. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Outer Solarian economy, worth 583 trillion Auroras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,308 Auroras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public buses smell like litter boxes, conspiracy theorists allege Borealis's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, and private surgeons have been told to cut it out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Outer Solaria's national animal is the Microbe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Outer Solaria is ranked 11,327^th in the world and 2^nd in Enomenos for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 402.49 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.