The Reckless Indulgences of Galhea is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, avowedly heterosexual populace, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 13.874 billion Galheans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.4%.

The powerhouse Galhean economy, worth a remarkable 1,156 trillion beer bottles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 83,358 beer bottles, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

School children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, devotion to God is only skin-deep, citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galhea's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Galhea is ranked 122,922^nd in the world and 5,990^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.41 law-abiding acts per hour.