The Republic of Memmingen-Ulm is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 401 million Memmingen-Ulmians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.8%.

The strong Memmingen-Ulmian economy, worth 28.3 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 70,610 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, the dictionary is a common first book for children, rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row, and marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Memmingen-Ulm's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Memmingen-Ulm is ranked 276,617^th in the world and 13^th in Ulm for Largest Populations, with 401 million capita.