The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 55 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its feral children, compulsory vegetarianism, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.69 billion Spice Harvester 55ians 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 Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Spice Harvester 55ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,021 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 117,581 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Amnesty Interregional has condemned Spice Harvester 55 for ignoring crimes against humanity, angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason, citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, and a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem. Spice Harvester 55's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 55 is ranked 279,206^th in the world and 1,172^nd in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Safest, scoring 6.8 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.