The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 28 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its lack of airports, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 2.25 billion Ulm 28ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Khasavgrad. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 28ian economy, worth 293 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 black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. 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 130,238 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Bears that venture near secret military bases are routinely executed for espionage, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat, and emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 28's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 28 is ranked 63,053^rd in the world and 256^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,767.06 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.