The Republic of Ulm 263 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.495 billion Ulm 263ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 263ian economy, worth 162 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,736 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, chicken farmers must rise before the sun every day to gag their cockerels, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, and a burger chain recently changed its name to Mack Donaldz for legal reasons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 263's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 263 is ranked 53,935^th in the world and 113^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,527.04 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.