The Republic of Ulm 231 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, ban on automobiles, and national health service. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.458 billion Ulm 231ians 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, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 231ian economy, worth 184 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 126,281 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, and sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 231's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 231 is ranked 39,401^st in the world and 142^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Highest Average Incomes, with 126,281.02 Standard Monetary Units.