Guaranteed Minimum Ration

The Guaranteed Minimum Ration, also known as the Guaranteed Government Ration, is three quarts of potable water and 1000 calories of nutrition derived from nanorecycled human and other waste, provided by the World Corporate Authority. It is distributed by the Blackmesh, doled out from Blackmesh Ration Distribution Centers.

The fact that the amount of calories is 200 short of the actual needs of human beings was a deliberate political concession to the more conservative parts of the Worldgovernment Corporation, the lack is there to "get the lazy useless eaters off their asses and back to work", entirely ignoring the fact that there are no jobs left for the vast majority of humanity.

There is something mentioned in Cross The Amazon called a "GovRation" and a "Blackmesh Foodpak", the former possibly being a form of ration mostly intended for government employees, but what exactly they are and what relation they have to the Guaranteed Minimum Ration is unknown.