The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 28 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, sprawling nuclear power plants, and feral children. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.516 billion Spice Harvester 28ians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.1%.

The all-consuming Spice Harvester 28ian economy, worth 983 trillion spices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,535 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 429,405 per year while the poor average 21,842, a ratio of 19.7 to 1.

The nation is relieved that all of the recent madness has finally come to an end, guns don't kill people — heroes do, rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million spices of property damage, and pollsters are out of a job as elections have been cancelled. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spice Harvester 28's national animal is the sandworm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spice Harvester 28 is ranked 290,945^th in the world and 1,719^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 24.88 law-abiding acts per hour.