The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 174 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, ban on automobiles, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 8.607 billion Spice Harvester 174ians 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 Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Spice Harvester 174ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,021 trillion spices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,664 spices, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 533,990 per year while the poor average 16,267, a ratio of 32.8 to 1.

Farm turkeys are given high doses of antidepressants to take their minds off the holiday season, teenage girls in knee-length surfer shorts have become a cultural icon of Spice Harvester 174, old folks yearn for the days when young people saw bloodthirsty death matches with their own eyes instead of through a screen, and groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Spice Harvester 174's national animal is the sandworm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spice Harvester 174 is ranked 26,851^st in the world and 260^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Corrupt Governments, with 79.84 kickbacks per hour.