The Republic of Ulm 229 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its smutty television, enslaved workforce, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.579 billion Ulm 229ians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 229ian economy, worth 206 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 130,803 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 432,490 per year while the poor average 29,573, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

The sun now sets on the Ulm 229ian Empire, Leader spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir, and the government has returned all business to private ownership. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 229's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 229 is ranked 204,572^nd in the world and 286^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 42 on the Kitten Softness Rating.