Employees of the 'Floreria Apostolica' prepare the red carpet in the San Damaso courtyard at the main entrance of the Apostolic palace before the official visit of a head of State on July 2007 at the Vatican. - The Vatican is the planet's smallest State. Some 2;000 employees cross over the Santa Anna gate each morning at around 7 am; the gateway guarded both by the Swiss Guards and the vigilenzia (Vatican police force). Not all of them work at the Vatican by vocation; but many admit that a deep personal connection to the Pope has motivated their choice of work.