The Oppressed Peoples of Ulm 73 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.842 billion Ulm 73ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 73ian economy, worth 240 trillion bitcoins 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, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. 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 130,298 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, bisons that venture near secret military bases are routinely executed for espionage, Ulm 73 Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', and citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 73's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 73 is ranked 18,486^th in the world and 4^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 322 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.