The Winter Empire of Solaryia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Consul Conti Bellarys with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 9.06 billion Solaryí 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, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eridanis. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Solaryí economy, worth a remarkable 1,655 trillion Solaryí Florís a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,722 Solaryí Florís, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, sharing vacation pictures requires written consent from the entire beach resort, and pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solaryia's national animal is the Pyrrhian Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Surovian Catholic Church.

Solaryia is ranked 3,049^th in the world and 8^th in The Western Isles for Lowest Crime Rates, with 130 law-abiding acts per hour.