The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 314 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, unlimited-speed roads, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.485 billion Spice Harvester 314ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.0%.

The all-consuming Spice Harvester 314ian economy, worth 819 trillion spices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 96,555 spices, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 465,833 per year while the poor average 11,635, a ratio of 40.0 to 1.

Internet flame wars have been known to cause real-world casualties, the government is seen as openly hostile to all religion, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and the Spice Harvester 314ian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 314's national animal is the sandworm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spice Harvester 314 is ranked 122,386^th in the world and 743^rd in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Beautiful Environments, with 537.06 pounds of wildlife per square mile.