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The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 204 |
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Jihad Army of the Emperor |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 204 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.256 billion Spice Harvester 204ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.2%.
The powerhouse Spice Harvester 204ian economy, worth 645 trillion spices a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,210 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 288,014 per year while the poor average 15,002, a ratio of 19.2 to 1.
All technology must be personally blessed by religious officials before purchase, kids only know what plants are because they've seen them on the television, there's more than one way to skin a diplomat, and the stratosphere is full of "silent but deadly" attacks from Leader's rear echelons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 204's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Spice Harvester 204 is ranked 75,611th in the world and 514th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Stationary, with 626.97857790012 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Spice Harvester 204 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
- : Spice Harvester 204 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, the stratosphere is full of "silent but deadly" attacks from Leader's rear echelons.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, there's more than one way to skin a diplomat.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, kids only know what plants are because they've seen them on the television.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, all technology must be personally blessed by religious officials before purchase.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, bored sailors desperately hope that someone will shoot at them.
- : Spice Harvester 204 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 204, all beauty contests have been banned.