The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 22 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its national health service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.075 billion Ulm 22ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Samavo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 22ian economy, worth 266 trillion Ducats 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 128,528 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 373,309 per year while the poor average 35,027, a ratio of 10.7 to 1.

Emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, Leader isn't a national brand, brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, and snowball fights inaugurate summer breaks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 22's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ulm 22 is ranked 205,489^th in the world and 40^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Populations, with 2.08 billion capita.