The Allied States of Ulm 138 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.963 billion Ulm 138ians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 67.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 138ian economy, worth 272 trillion baht 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 138,586 baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been banned for advocating gluttony, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, representatives soak in mineral pools at the new capitol building day spa, and the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 138's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ulm 138 is ranked 49,560^th in the world and 342^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Most Developed, scoring 77.69 on the Human Development Index.