Galzburg

Galzburg was a militarized state located somewhere on the Grand Line, mentioned but never actually depicted in the series. Because it has yet to appear on screen, nothing concrete is known about its terrain or layout. Its significance lies entirely in its connection to Douglas Bullet, the powerful fighter who spent his childhood within its borders and its army.

At some point the country became entangled in a sprawling war against a rival nation, and to wage it Galzburg maintained an army known as Galzforce. The state fed children into that force, and Bullet was among them, enrolled as a young soldier after being adopted. The nation's entire identity revolved around this prolonged conflict, making its military the defining institution of its existence.

Roughly 45 years before the present, Douglas Gray discovered an abandoned infant, took the boy in as Bullet, and placed him into Galzforce as a child soldier. Bullet's battlefield successes earned Gray a promotion to general, accompanied by a pledge to elevate Bullet should the war be won. About 31 years ago Bullet forced the opposing commander to capitulate, yet Gray broke his word, judging the young soldier too dangerous to keep alive. Betrayed and furious, Bullet annihilated both Galzforce and Galzburg, an event remembered as the Tragedy of Galzburg.