The Republic of Ulm-Fish is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 931 million Ulm-Fishians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 59.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ulm-Fishian economy, worth 54.7 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 58,723 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, and careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm-Fish's national animal is the Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ulm-Fish is ranked 20,254^th in the world and 6^th in Ulm for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 105.06 on the Bus Surprisal Index.