The Union of Solar Energy and Free States is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Renalt with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 19.231 billion Unionists hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 22.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Unionist economy, worth a remarkable 7,766 trillion Union Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 403,875 Union Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is totally unknown. Solar Energy and Free States's national animal is the black bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholisism.

Solar Energy and Free States is ranked 509^th in the world and 14^th in Osiris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,190.02 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.