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The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 4CF

“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”

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The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 4CF is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.847 billion Spice Harvester 4CFians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.8%.

The all-consuming Spice Harvester 4CFian economy, worth 452 trillion spices a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,396 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 221,273 per year while the poor average 21,563, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

The nation leads Jihad Army of the Emperor in per capita stalking, Leader makes and breaks shaky peace deals in 140 characters or less, commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, and airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 4CF's national animal is the sandworm.

Spice Harvester 4CF is ranked 266,839^th in the world and 1,809^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Primitive, scoring -220.69 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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