The City of Carpa is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Gregorio Ammirati with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 24.071 billion Carpeses enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carpa. The average income tax rate is 52.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Carpese economy, worth 687 trillion livroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,569 livroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Carpa has designated Carpa as its capital city, Gregorio Ammirati has just been declared ruler of Carpa in an international press conference, and Roman Catholicism has been named as Carpa's national religion. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carpa's national animal is the carp and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Carpa is ranked 168,123^rd in the world and 5^th in Grant for Largest Governments, scoring 12.12 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.