The Empire of Solantara is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 10 million Solantarans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The relatively small, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 16.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Solantaran economy, worth 336 billion Sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 33,689 Sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

If someone says there's plenty of living space in Solantara they're lyin', online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for Solantara, advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public, and three-year-olds have tantrums because they don't want to be drainage technicians when they grow up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Solantara's national animal is the Sun Dragon.

Solantara is ranked 297,001^st in the world and 715^th in Europe for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.68 kickbacks per hour.