The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 353 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.389 billion Spice Harvester 353ians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.4%.

The all-consuming Spice Harvester 353ian economy, worth 906 trillion spices a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,046 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 310,673 per year while the poor average 29,863, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Foreign ambassadors are accused of stealing Spice Harvester 353ian jobs, the end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, there's a bustling black market for vegetables, and swings are now more popular than see-saws in children's playgrounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spice Harvester 353's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 353 is ranked 291,730^th in the world and 1,835^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 15.59 law-abiding acts per hour.