The Republic of Galat felabs is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Johnathon Vortinsky with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.487 billion Galat felabsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poldania. The average income tax rate is 26.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Galat felabsian economy, worth 95.4 trillion shlings a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,174 shlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The debts of the father fall upon the son, nine-year-olds' chat logs are scoured for evidence of radicalization, military spending is on the increase, and artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galat felabs's national animal is the great white, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Galat felabs is ranked 41,222^nd in the world and 1,000^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.