The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 1ED is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 6.206 billion Spice Harvester 1EDians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Welfare, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The very strong Spice Harvester 1EDian economy, worth 300 trillion spices a year, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,485 spices, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, a signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that she is in fact a crook after all, all citizens are solely referenced by their allocated identity number, and people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Spice Harvester 1ED's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 1ED is ranked 263,805^th in the world and 1,456^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Beautiful Environments, with 134.79 pounds of wildlife per square mile.