The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 481 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 8.377 billion Spice Harvester 481ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 42.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Spice Harvester 481ian economy, worth 809 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, 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 96,598 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The annual budget is heralded by the Treasury Minister donning a fake plastic mustache and giant star-shaped glasses, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, and the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 481's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spice Harvester 481 is ranked 122,213^th in the world and 135^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.49 law-abiding acts per hour.