The Empire of Newer Solar is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Daybreaker with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, ban on automobiles, and state-planned economy. The cynical, devout population of 7.842 billion Newer Solarians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Celestia City. The average income tax rate is 69.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Newer Solarian economy, worth 925 trillion Bits 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 Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 117,958 Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Amorous nobles always bring the same disappointing gift to weddings, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in Newer Solar after the ban on emigration was lifted, and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newer Solar's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Newer Solar is ranked 28,775^th in the world and 1^st in Spitfire for Most Patriotic, with 45.5 flags saluted per person per day.