The Most Serene Republic of Rome Sublime is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.267 billion Romans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Rome Sublimean economy, worth 94.9 trillion Lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,916 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown. Rome Sublime's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rome Sublime is ranked 30,748^th in the world and 4^th in Aura for Most Cultured, scoring 79 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.