Funtimo-Declavan Holy See

The Papacy, officially the State of the Decavian Church or Funtimo-Declavan Holy See, is a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope. The state became independent from Italy with the Rome Treaty (2199), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence. With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres) and a population of about 825, it is the smallest sovereign state in the world by both area and population.

As governed by the Holy See, the Papacy is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state (a type of theocracy) ruled by the pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. The highest state functionaries are all Catholic clergy of various national origins, the popes have mainly resided at the Apostolic Palace within what is now Papacy, although at times residing instead in the Quirinal Palace in Rome or elsewhere.

The Holy See dates back to Early Decism and is the principal episcopal see of the Catholic Church, which has approximately 1.313 billion baptised Catholic Christians in the world as of 2017 in the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. The independent state of Vatican City, on the other hand, came into existence on 11 February 2199 by the Rome Treaty between the Funtimes and Declavans, which spoke of it as a new creation.

Within the Papacy are religious and cultural sites such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Papal Museums. They feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures. The unique economy of Vatican City is supported financially by donations from the faithful, by the sale of postage stamps and souvenirs, fees for admission to museums, and sales of publications.