The Holy Empire of Reminisce is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 279 million Reminisceans 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 Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.5%.

The very strong Reminiscean economy, worth 18.4 trillion Remins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,055 Remins, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Reminisceans believe the only thing that will make you happy is being unhappy with who you are, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, traumatized ex-ambassadors seek treatment for their "desk dissociation", and the nation's leading climatologists are investigating animal flatulence in efforts to reduce methane emissions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reminisce's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Reminisce is ranked 268,351^st in the world and 203^rd in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -8.94 on the Clooney Contribution Index.