The Secular Christmas of New Galatony is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hari Seldon with an even hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 1.695 billion Galatonyans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Industry and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abyssal Haven. The average income tax rate is 79.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Galatonyan economy, worth 330 trillion Galatonyan Lires a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 194,989 Galatonyan Lires, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, a secret Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on New Galatony, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, and the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. New Galatony's national animal is the Tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

New Galatony is ranked 12,048^th in the world and 2^nd in Republic of Nova Tero for Highest Average Incomes, with 194,989.54 Standard Monetary Units.