The Most Serene Republic of Carignanum is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.76 billion Genoveses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Genova. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Genovese economy, worth a remarkable 2,308 trillion Genovins a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,717 Genovins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Three extra hay bales are rolled into Carignanum's gold vaults every year, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, the government is proudly free of crabs, and crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carignanum's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Carignanum is ranked 7,170^th in the world and 173^rd in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 92.6 on the Human Development Index.