The Republic of Ulm 223 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.575 billion Ulm 223ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 223ian economy, worth 175 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,729 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,316 per year while the poor average 23,902, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice, odysseying merchant sailors swear that they've heard sirens in the western seas, and only toddlers and the elderly watch television before 23:00. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 223's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 223 is ranked 165,474^th in the world and 302^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,156.78 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.