The Democratic States of Ulm 160 is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.855 billion Ulm 160ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 160ian economy, worth 233 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,982 lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 426,386 per year while the poor average 27,508, a ratio of 15.5 to 1.

If the best leaders are those who don't want to lead then Leader's lack of leadership must be a great leadership quality, there's nothing more Ulm 160ian than revanchism, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, and Ulm 160ian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 160's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ulm 160 is ranked 285,692^nd in the world and 365^th in Swabian autonomous region for Nicest Citizens, with 2.76 average smiles per day.