The Always Watchful of Reside is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Sergej Jakirović with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 6.54 billion Resideans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hull. The average income tax rate is 26.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Residean economy, worth 298 trillion Minutes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,580 Minutes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects. 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 136,730^th in the world and 376^th in Carcassonne for Most Developed, scoring 56.52 on the Human Development Index.