Spotlight on:
The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 21A |
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Jihad Army of the Emperor |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 21A is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.939 billion Spice Harvester 21Aians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Spice Harvester 21Aian economy, worth 478 trillion spices a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,503 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
Swings are now more popular than see-saws in children's playgrounds, many rural villagers have never been more than a day's horse-ride from their birthplace, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 21A's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Spice Harvester 21A is ranked 75,646th in the world and 542nd in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Stationary, with 626.9774459564 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, many rural villagers have never been more than a day's horse-ride from their birthplace.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, swings are now more popular than see-saws in children's playgrounds.
- : Spice Harvester 21A was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, children dream of becoming physicians and physicists.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, citizens sell their moldy bread as homemade penicillin.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned sandwormball fields.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 21A, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation.