The Always Watchful of Reside is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rubén Sellés with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 3.328 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hull. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Residean economy, worth 120 trillion Minutes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,247 Minutes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Half of Reside's doctors can't speak the language, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, government-run brothels can be found on every street corner, and footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reside's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Reside is ranked 67,741^st in the world and 24^th in Carcassonne for Largest Black Market, with 7.60 trillion Standard Monetary Units.