The Roman Republic of Italia crescente is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Matty Random with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.501 billion Italian citizens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roma. The average income tax rate is 40.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Italian economy, worth 387 trillion Denarios a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,654 Denarios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Italian citizens, light entertainment isn't dead, and teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Italia crescente's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Italia crescente is ranked 128,282^nd in the world and 10^th in Nova Britannia Prima for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,448.12 on the Hickory Productivity Index.