The Republic of Ulm 331 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its lack of airports, ubiquitous missile silos, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.544 billion Ulm 331ians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 331ian economy, worth 204 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 132,569 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 454,814 per year while the poor average 28,360, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, and the nation's skies are now a wasteland. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 331's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 331 is ranked 167,266^th in the world and 57^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 527.42 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.