The Quangocracy of Galterama is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Editor with an even hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 30.134 billion Galteramen enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government is primarily concerned with Education, with Healthcare, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Galterama City. The average income tax rate is 23.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Galteraman economy, worth a remarkable 4,794 trillion words a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 159,106 words, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on, and cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes. Crime is totally unknown. Galterama's national animal is the peacock, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Grammarianism.

Galterama is ranked 10,135^th in the world and 2^nd in The Atlantic for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,109.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.