The Confederacy of Ulm 121 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.848 billion Ulm 121ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 121ian economy, worth 225 trillion bitcoins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,857 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Ulm 121 to be bombproof, and people are turning themselves into worm food. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 121's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ulm 121 is ranked 264,699^th in the world and 422^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.9 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.