The Republic of Ulm 273 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 1.627 billion Ulm 273ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 273ian economy, worth 185 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,749 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 332,308 per year while the poor average 30,748, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, roosters that herald the rising sun are immediately sent to the slaughterhouse, and government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 273's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 273 is ranked 97,370^th in the world and 261^st in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,326.07 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.