The United States of Ulm 115 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 1.899 billion Ulm 115ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 115ian economy, worth 251 trillion rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 132,507 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The internet has been placed under government control, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, and former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 115's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 115 is ranked 141,539^th in the world and 86^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,216.36 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.