The Republic of Ulm 246 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The devout population of 1.458 billion Ulm 246ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 246ian economy, worth 182 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 124,871 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 407,506 per year while the poor average 28,784, a ratio of 14.2 to 1.

Business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, petting zoos have loose fingers strewn about, and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 246's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 246 is ranked 40,518^th in the world and 166^th in Swabian autonomous region for Highest Average Incomes, with 124,871.16 Standard Monetary Units.