The Disputed Territories of Ulm 117 is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its vat-grown people, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The cynical, humorless population of 1.814 billion Ulm 117ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 117ian economy, worth 251 trillion rupees 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 Cheese Exports. 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 138,782 rupees, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 488,659 per year while the poor average 28,538, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

A law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, daredevil kayakers frequently race against runaway hippos, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, and young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 117's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 117 is ranked 29,114^th in the world and 176^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 28,041.56 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.