The Great Houses of Alternate Gallifrey is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord President Pandad V with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 12.151 billion Gallifreyans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Capitol. The average income tax rate is 42.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Gallifreyan economy, worth 312 trillion pandaks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 25,758 pandaks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Celestial Esotericism has been named as Alternate Gallifrey's national religion, using "inspect element" is grounds for espionage charges, the government funds large training centres to turn Flutterwings into functioning members of society, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alternate Gallifrey's national animal is the Flutterwing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Celestial Esotericism.

Alternate Gallifrey is ranked 298,188^th in the world and 22^nd in The Labyrinth for Highest Average Incomes, with 25,758.28 Standard Monetary Units.