The United States of Ulm 145 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its national health service, vat-grown people, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.764 billion Ulm 145ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 145ian economy, worth 225 trillion pounds 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. 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 128,076 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Visitors to Ulm 145 are microchipped and must be escorted by an Ulm 145ian soldier - even to the bathroom, the new Ulm 145ian-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage, renewable energy projects have ground to a halt, and defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 145's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 145 is ranked 29,688^th in the world and 62^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,681.46 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.