The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 43E is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.972 billion Spice Harvester 43Eians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.7%.

The strong Spice Harvester 43Eian economy, worth 477 trillion spices a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,985 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,759 per year while the poor average 18,570, a ratio of 14.0 to 1.

Goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, there's a lot of babies crying for milk in the middle of the day, and eight-year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spice Harvester 43E's national animal is the sandworm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Spice Harvester 43E is ranked 51,374^th in the world and 296^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Beautiful Environments, with 680.08 pounds of wildlife per square mile.