The Republic of Ulm 225 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.439 billion Ulm 225ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 225ian economy, worth 174 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,083 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, Ulm 225's fine wines are renowned throughout the region, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, and the government raises tariffs on a weekly basis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 225's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 225 is ranked 233,517^th in the world and 247^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.96 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.