The Holy Empire of Reserves is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 4.551 billion Reservesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 25.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Reservesian economy, worth 158 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,685 Delta Eagles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, toddler groups have taken over local libraries, and corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reserves's national animal is the Kitsune.

Reserves is ranked 99,252^nd in the world and 6^th in Sukhumi for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring zero on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.