The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 16 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, avant-garde cinema, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.632 billion Spice Harvester 16ians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Spice Harvester 16ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,067 trillion spices a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 123,652 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, 75% of the words in government-funded "Super Fun Maths Games" are probably inaccurate, and consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 16's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 16 is ranked 16,526^th in the world and 22^nd in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Corrupt Governments, with 114.56 kickbacks per hour.