The Republic of Carmina Commencing is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 4.919 billion Carmina Commencingians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The strong Carmina Commencingian economy, worth 245 trillion marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 49,807 marks, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 321,016 per year while the poor average 3,122, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Carmina Commencing's national animal is the unicorn, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Carmina Commencing is ranked 192,121^st in the world and 351^st in Prison for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,052.01 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.