The Republic of Solaris is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Legate Gemma Martin with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.984 billion Solarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solaris City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The strong Solarian economy, worth 630 trillion denaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 70,226 denaris, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Tellurism has been named as Solaris's national religion, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, and Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Solaris's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Tellurism.

Solaris is ranked 38,742^nd in the world and 1^st in Solaris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,761.85 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.