The Federation of Ulm 164 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.772 billion Ulm 164ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 164ian economy, worth 239 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,947 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Police conduct weekly raids looking for contraband cheeseburgers, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, boys are shocked by the revolutionary lesson that women are actually human, and museums offer moralization or your money back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 164's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 164 is ranked 50,688^th in the world and 214^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,939.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.