The Always Watchful of Reside is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.742 billion Resideans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hull. The average income tax rate is 25.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Residean economy, worth 72.2 trillion Minutes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,436 Minutes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Solid-gold toilets are Residean prisons' least expensive furnishings, the statue in the Bagmanov Plaza has a solar panel for a hat, weapons are only sold to foreign governments that are legitimate enough to not bounce the cheque, and Reside has designated Hull as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Reside's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Reside is ranked 229,095^th in the world and 633^rd in Carcassonne for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.42 law-abiding acts per hour.