The Republic of Galbanum is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning exotic thingie population. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 22.83 billion Galbanumians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 44.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Galbanumian economy, worth 857 trillion credits a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,549 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The Galbanum Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and Leader hands out warnings to mods who don't deliver enough danishes (Galbanum has found 1 easter egg). Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galbanum's national animal is the exotic thingie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Galbanum is ranked 232,094^th in the world and 6^th in Dabble Zealous Oscar Crimson for Most Patriotic, with 5.85 flags saluted per person per day.