Carnegie was a planet in the Alpha or Beta Quadrants. It was originally colonized in order to build a network of factories to make use of the planet's rich natural resources. By the mid 23rd century, Carnegie was a worldwide industrial park and financially successful; by the mid 24th century, however, the widespread use of replicators had made most of the world's industries obsolete.

By the 2370s, Carnegie had become a Federation world, and a major center for art and design. Carnegie designers were responsible for Federation fighters used during the Dominion War, and a number of Virtual award-winning holoprograms. Carnegie's renaissance may be attributable to a Gallamite criminal, who had created one of the first virtual design businesses on the planet with the help of a grant from the Federation's Assistance to Unaligned Planets Program. (SCE short story: "An Easy Fast")

While some details of David Gold's story of Abraham Silver may be invented, Carnegie's status was confirmed by an objective data source.