The Most Serene Republic of Carignanum is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.45 billion Genoveses enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized 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 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Genovese economy, worth 718 trillion Genovins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 131,806 Genovins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The only places to see Lions now are at local zoos, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, where there's a will there is usually a password manager, and blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 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 10,287^th in the world and 190^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 90.08 on the Human Development Index.