The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 359 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, digital currency, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.376 billion Spice Harvester 359ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.2%.
The all-consuming Spice Harvester 359ian economy, worth 789 trillion spices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 94,235 spices, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 400,700 per year while the poor average 14,273, a ratio of 28.1 to 1.
Many of the country's largest dumps can be seen from space, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, and internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Spice Harvester 359's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Spice Harvester 359 is ranked 251,680th in the world and 1,009th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 51.3 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Spice Harvester 359 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
- : Spice Harvester 359 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and the Top 10% for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, many of the country's largest dumps can be seen from space.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, babysitters are a thing of the past.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 359, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan.
