The Land of the Rising Sun of Res Publica Solaris is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Sheikh Einstein with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.353 billion Solarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cereberus. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Solarian economy, worth 391 trillion Nucleic Acids 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 116,857 Nucleic Acids, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, sleeping on the job is recommended, and the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Res Publica Solaris's national animal is the Galapagos Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheism.

Res Publica Solaris is ranked 8,515^th in the world and 82^nd in Forest for Safest, scoring 123.43 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.