The Old Dusty User of Solvis is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The cynical population of 5.982 billion Solvians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Solvia. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Solvisian economy, worth 511 trillion Buris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,463 Buris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, the controversial show 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?' has become wildly popular, the nation's train stations are widely considered to be the ugliest in Karma, and genetic research is temporarily tied up in government red tape. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Solvis's national animal is the Grey Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Solvis is ranked 49,231^st in the world and 74^th in Karma for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 150.02 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.