We model the galaxies as a sort of fluid of stars, where the interactions are not electromagnetic, but gravitational. So, galaxies are fluids of stars, which themselves are made of plasmas of hydrogen made of frozen nuggets of quark matter.
Yet again, there are no clear boundaries and simple answers, even between states — solid / liquid / gas / plasma — just varying probabilities of these phases occurring in space-time.
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