The Empire of Galatean is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.914 billion Galateanians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teania. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.1%.

The powerhouse Galateanian economy, worth 365 trillion Teans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 74,466 Teans, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 211,206 per year while the poor average 20,978, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

When flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", a new "thought police" branch is being developed, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galatean's national animal is the Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Galatean is ranked 222,561^st in the world and 5^th in North Avalon for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -5.48 on the Clooney Contribution Index.