The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 27 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, infamous sell-swords, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.202 billion Ulm 27ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kuvkar. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 27ian economy, worth 263 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 119,463 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dartboard at the Ulm 27ian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face, jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment, baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, and there's nothing more Ulm 27ian than revanchism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 27's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 27 is ranked 30,315^th in the world and 67^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,669.88 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.