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 . Story . Galbadian territory spans the western continent , but that was not always the case . 4000 years ago the civilization of Centra created two major empires : Dollet and Esthar . While Dollet , in the west , excelled in military force , Esthar , in the east , grew scientifically advanced . 80 years ago , after Centra ' s destruction , Dollet split into three countries : Dollet , Timber and Galbadia . Sorceress Adel , the ruler of Esthar , made a bid for world domination , but was opposed by Galbadia ' s growing military under the leadership of Vinzer Deling . To bolster its forces during the Sorceress War , Galbadia attempted to invade and conquer its neighbors , and Galbadia became a totalitarian nation , as during the war power was given to the government to fight against the technologically superior nation of Esthar . Vinzer Deling was inaugurated as the nation ' s lifelong president , and , in less than 20 years , Galbadia expanded into a force to be reckoned with due to politics of fear , Timber ' s occupation , and the imprisonment of political dissidents under the pretense of progress . The president ' s approach to diplomacy is mainly oppression . Although Sorceress Adel was deposed by her own subjects , Vinzer Deling continued to conquer , and the majority of the western continent came under the Galbadian flag , although there are rebel factions fighting the oppression , most notably in Timber . Galbadia attacks Dollet to capture their dormant communications tower . Dollet hires SeeD , a mercenary force hired out by Balamb Garden , to secure the town center and drive the Galbadian forces out . Galbadian forces fix the communications tower , and Dollet agrees to let Galbadia have it , as long as the city is spared from further harm . Using the communications tower for a worldwide broadcast , President Deling announces Sorceress Edea as the new ambassador of Galbadia , and great unrest follows . Though the president broadcasts a message of peace , in truth he wants to use his new ally to intimidate his opponents into surrendering . On the day of her inauguration , Edea kills President Deling , leaving Galbadia in disarray . After surviving an assassination attempt by SeeD , she takes the reins of the nation and embarks on a quest to find a woman called Ellone , using Galbadia Garden as her base of operations . Her knight , a former SeeD cadet Seifer Almasy , assumes much of the responsibility and assigns his friends , Fujin and Raijin , as high - ranking officers in the G - Army . Edea has the SeeD squad responsible for the assassination attempt taken captive within the D - District Prison . Seifer is to interrogate them to divulge the true purpose SeeD persecutes sorceresses , but the SeeDs escape . Galbadia launches missiles against Trabia and Balamb Gardens to snuff out the SeeD for good , but the Missile Base is destroyed in the process by sabotage from the escaped SeeD group . While Trabia is decimated by the missiles , Balamb Garden escapes , as the escapee SeeDs warn the Garden of the impending attack and activate its mobile functions , moving the Garden away from the spot the missiles were programmed to target . With Galbadia ' s main weapon gone , Edea sets out to destroy Balamb Garden herself in a direct attack . As a Galbadian army regimen arrives in Fishermans Horizon on their quest to find Ellone , Balamb Town is occupied by forces led by Fujin and Raijin . Both towns are liberated by the SeeD and Galbadia gains no new leads on Ellone ' s whereabouts . Galbadia and Balamb Gardens meet in the Battle of the Gardens where Seifer leads the G - Army while Squall leads his army of SeeDs . Squall leads his team to infiltrate G - Garden , and after a direct confrontation Edea and Seifer are defeated and Rinoa becomes comatose after passing on a hidden message to Seifer , who departs . As Edea addresses Squall and his allies in kindness , everyone retreats to Edea ' s Orphanage to talk things over . It is revealed that Edea had been possessed by another sorceress from the future called Ultimecia who wants to find Ellone to destroy the world via time compression . When Edea was defeated , Ultimecia was banished from her body into Squall ' s party member Rinoa ' s . Using Rinoa to deliver Seifer his final orders , Ultimecia tasks the G - Forces to salvage the Lunatic Pandora from the bottom of the ocean . With Edea gone , Galbadia is left being led by Seifer , Fujin and Raijin . After salvaging the Lunatic Pandora , the G - Army infiltrates Esthar City in the Siege of Esthar . Steering the Lunatic Pandora on the Tears ' Point induces Lunar Cry , and Esthar is overridden by monsters as Sorceress Adel ' s tomb falls from space to the Pandora to become Ultimecia ' s new host body . At this point most of the Galbadian soldiers are unwilling to follow Seifer further and go AWOL , and even Fujin and Raijin abandon him . Seifer is defeated by the SeeD , and appears to no longer be affiliated with Galbadia , as he returns to Balamb with Fujin and Raijin for a more peaceful life . What becomes of Galbadia when it is left leaderless is unknown . Locations . Some of the locations found in Galbadia include : Military . The Galbadian military is powerful , and even regular troops are highly trained . According to the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " , G - Forces are capable of using para - magic . Different colored uniforms signify rank and ability . Military personnel are trained in Galbadia Garden that focuses on weapon development . Regular Galbadian foot soldiers wield swords and para - magic , while higher ranking units wield machine guns alongside magic . Special force units also exist . The G - Army utilizes both mechanized and biological weapons in the form of tanks and robots . Galbadia ' s most destructive weapon is its long - range missiles . Other appearances . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Galbadia is present as a room for preset characters of the game ' s Multiplayer Mode Online Lobby . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . G - Soldier and Elite Soldier from the Galbadian military appear as enemies .