The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 217 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, prohibition of alcohol, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.542 billion Spice Harvester 217ians 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 32.2%.
The powerhouse Spice Harvester 217ian economy, worth 589 trillion spices a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,065 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.
Golden statues of sandworms line the memorial avenues of the Funerary District, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, justice is available only to those who can afford its price tag, and soldiers have swapped their uniforms for prisonwear. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem. Spice Harvester 217's national animal is the sandworm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Spice Harvester 217 is ranked 46,880th in the world and 275th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Patriotic, with 28.93 flags saluted per person per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Spice Harvester 217 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Spice Harvester 217 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Avoided and the Top 10% for Largest Black Market and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Spice Harvester 217 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 217, soldiers have swapped their uniforms for prisonwear.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 217, justice is available only to those who can afford its price tag.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 217, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine.
- : Spice Harvester 217 was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Father Knows Best State".
- : Spice Harvester 217 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 217, golden statues of sandworms line the memorial avenues of the Funerary District.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 217, a stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal.
