Melange is the financial crux of CHOAM activities. Without this spice,
Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers could not perform feats of observation and
human control, Guild Navigators could not see safe pathways across space,
and billions of Imperial citizens would die of addictive withdrawal.
Any simpleton knows that such dependence upon a single commodity
leads to abuse. We are all at risk.

-- CHOAM Economic Analysis of Materiel Flow Patterns
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