The Principality of Gallus is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by First Prince with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.118 billion Gallusards are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Hope. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Gallusian economy, worth 873 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 212,078 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, and the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork. Crime is totally unknown. Gallus's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Unfinished Book.

Gallus is ranked 9,654^th in the world and 6^th in Ridgefield for Highest Average Incomes, with 212,078.95 Standard Monetary Units.