The Republic of Ulm 220 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.503 billion Ulm 220ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 220ian economy, worth 165 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 110,424 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 8.0 times as much as the poorest.

Victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, the fattest folk in Ulm 220 look to be the happiest ones, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and pinkie promises are a matter of life and death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 220's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 220 is ranked 26,166^th in the world and 41^st in Swabian autonomous region for Nicest Citizens, with 20.98 average smiles per day.