The Always Watchful of Reside is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.892 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 32.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Residean economy, worth 70.1 trillion Minutes a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,064 Minutes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solid-gold toilets are Residean prisons' least expensive furnishings, the statue in the Bender 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 well under control. Reside's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Reside is ranked 116,257^th in the world and 406^th in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 75.16 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.