We begin with a tight focus on Prince Hunter, who intones:
In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Power. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to governance.
The administrative state and its minions, who the spice has mutated over 250 years, use the spice penumbra, which gives them the ability to regulate society. That is, do any act they desire without authorization.
Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you — the spice exists in only one city in the entire universe. A desolate, monument-strewn city with vast slums.
Hidden away within the office parks of this city are a people known as civil servants, who have long held a prophecy that a demon would return, a magician who would destroy their kingdom. The city is Washington, also known as DC.
Hat tip to the intro to David Lynch's 1984 film Dune, for inspiring this parody.
