Galbadia

Galbadia is one of the greatest political powers in Final Fantasy VIII. It is a military dictatorship under the command of Vinzer Deling. Laguna, Kiros and Ward were Galbadian soldiers who appear in flashbacks.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, they are first appeared in during the USRAC War that they are new antagonistic force-like organization in during the USRAC War.

They are still have their dictatorship to invade the world that they are also joined the Global Liberation Union until their last being defeated and no longer exist later.

After the USRAC War, Galbadia (and its continent) is reduced into extremely primitive warring nation-states and/or prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribes (which all of these remnants of this former republic had only technologies ranging from Pliocene to Lower Paleolithic eras), bickering and quarreling one another for the last of their resources and/or remaining cultural achievements of Galbadia (which would soon be completely destroyed by Grand Alliance forces due to its connections with everything that's pure, unfiltered evil) while Esthar prospered as a world superpower.

With Galbadia destroyed, many authorities were overwhelmed to have the government cope with the eternal suffering over its residents, despite best emergency and relief efforts through their few remaining short wave radios. Fallout from nuclear weapons prevented the remaining functioning civil authorities from fighting fires or rescuing those trapped under debris. No electricity, running water, sanitation, or supplies remain in this once-great republic.

Without the manpower or fuel to bury or burn the dead, an epidemic of communicable diseases spreads throughout the continent that once stood (while Esthar had extremely advanced medical technology to prevent any epidemic from spreading to the said country). The only viable currency in Galbadia becomes food, given as a reward for work or withheld as punishment. Without running water, electricity, or basic sanitation, all major cities of Galbadia become uninhabitable.

Millions of people around the Galbadian continent have died due to radiation, fallout, starvation, exposure or a huge conflict. Sunlight never returned to the continent since it left a permament, manmade, unending series of rainstorms (even in winters), and soon, food remains scarce due to the lack of equipment, fertilizers, and fuel. Damage to the ozone layer there in this continent intensifies ultraviolet radiation, increasing cataracts and cancer (while Esthar is spared from UV radiation with advanced technology.

Ten years later, Galbadia's population has fallen to medieval levels. Survivors work the fields using primitive hand-held farming tools. Few children have been born or raised since the Fall of Galbadia. They speak broken English due to poor education and the breakdown of family life. The country never recovered as coal mining, electricity production and steam power aren't used anymore due to the great destruction caused by the Grand Alliance. The population of Galbadia continues to live in a complete barbaric squalor.