The United Republic of Galicia Westland is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Adrian Hawthorne with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.427 billion Galicians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Artiguilo. The average income tax rate is 47.2%.

The very strong Galicia Westlandian economy, worth 493 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 66,439 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Not showing enough enthusiasm for mutual assured destruction is a court-martial offence, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, chocolate in Galicia Westland has its flavour enhanced by the salty tears of enslaved factory workers, and young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galicia Westland's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Hawthornism.

Galicia Westland is ranked 234,880^th in the world and 6^th in Galicia and Blackrow for Nudest, with 83.25 cheeks per square mile.