The Confederacy of Galston is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Herman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, prohibition of alcohol, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.96 billion Galstonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Glenroy Place. The average income tax rate is 57.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Galstonian economy, worth 455 trillion Maxalts 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 65,496 Maxalts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs, young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, a the Rejected Realms Tourist Association survey has rated Galston #1 for number twos, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galston's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Galston is ranked 99,107^th in the world and 2,358^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,490.5 on the Gilded Widget Scale.