The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 4AC is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.942 billion Spice Harvester 4ACians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.7%.

The strong Spice Harvester 4ACian economy, worth 407 trillion spices a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,598 spices, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, a new religious movement claims that people's souls are stored in phosphorus, and artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spice Harvester 4AC's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 4AC is ranked 268,770^th in the world and 1,612^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Patriotic, with 0.81 flags saluted per person per day.