The Matriarchal Kingdom of Gaalar is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Gloria Vetusto with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.404 billion Galarians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wyndon City. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Galarian economy, worth 465 trillion Galarian Rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,607 Galarian Rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Colonials are offended to find a local animal has been re-named the 'Furry Four-Legged Marsupial Lion', parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, and fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaalar's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arceuismo.

Gaalar is ranked 13,261^st in the world and 514^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 102 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.