Galbadia

Galbadia
Leader:	Edea Kramer	Role:	Serving the Sorceress, Expansion, Increase of Military Might
Average Alignment:	Forces of Ruin	Appable:	Yes
Group Members: Seifer Almasy
Galbadia is a totalitarian nation, with the state owning and controlling most of the nation's property. During the Sorceress War a lot of power was given to the government, which took rapid measures to expand in order to fight against the technologically superior nation of Esthar. Vinzer Deling inaugurated as the nation's lifelong president and in less than 20 years Galbadia had expanded into the large western force it is during the time of the game due to politics of fear, Timber’s forceful occupation, the imprisonment of political dissidents under the pretense of progress. The president's approach to diplomacy is mainly oppression; Galbadia Garden maintained neutral, but received a lot of pressure as well. This country was once a lot more expansive and powerful. However, the heartless have reduced it to merely Deling City, the capital of Galbadia. Galbadia is ruled by a powerful army that use junction machines to cast para magic, drawing magic from magic points or other people and storing or casting it against their enemies. The Galbadian army also has access to a number of impressive technologies, including airborne motorcycles, long range missiles, combat mobiles, and a number of impressive combat droids. The army is led by General Fury Caraway, father of Rinoa Heartilly who is secretly a leader of a rebel group, seeking to overthrow the Galbadian government. Galbadia mainly conscripts soldiers who are trained at Galbadia Garden, many of whom are trained in the use of gunblades, regular guns, and other powerful weaponry. Up until recently, Galbadia was ruled by Vinzer Deling, but recently he has been assasinated by Sorceress Edea who is the current ruler of Galbadia.

History

The charming and enigmatic Sorceress Edea came from nowhere, and wormed her way into the hearts of Deling's people, using a combination of charm and her sorceress powers. She was soon appointed as ambassador of Galbadia and recently took the rogue Garden Cadet Seifer Almasy under her wing as her personal Knight. When the Gardens caught wind of her rise to power, they sent in a team of newly minted SeeDs to assasinate the sorceress and prevent another sorceress war. However, during the ceremonies to celebrate Edea's ambassadorship, the sorceress herself turned on President Deling and killed him before the eyes of the spellbound crowds, who barely seemed to notice as they cheered on their new leader and sorceress. Meanwhile, Squall and his team of SeeDs got into position to attack the sorceress, but they were thwarted by the efforts of Seifer, and the Sorceress herself. However, the sudden arrival of the heartless interrupted them, and the SeeDs were able to flee before they could be arrested and executed for their crime. While SeeD regrouped and took note of their remaining forces - only Balamb garden survived the heartless attack - Sorceress Edea turned her eyes upon the mysterious heartless. Now, with the take-over by the Sorceress Edea Kramer, the Republic finds itself under even harsher rule - far more aggressive and powerful, and seemingly connected to the Heartless influx that caused the fall of the world.