New Babylon was the location of Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia's palace, and was featured prominently in the Left Behind series as the world's capital city, and the headquarters of the Global Community. It is a glittering, modern metropolis built over the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq. The city had been in development for many years preceding the Rapture, and its rise was mostly - if not entirely - funded by global financier Jonathan Stonagal, who by manipulation of Carpathia left his entire estate to the one-world leader to finance his government. It becomes the center of media, commerce, and government as well as the one-world faith known as Enigma Babylon One World Faith.