The Republic of Ulm 280 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and daily referendums. The cynical, devout population of 1.656 billion Ulm 280ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.3%.

The all-consuming Ulm 280ian economy, worth 199 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 120,366 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

Homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, misbehaving Bears deemed dangerous to the public are shot and hanged by the town hall as a warning to others, the most sacred right is the right to ignore the rights of slaves, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 280's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 280 is ranked 273,786^th in the world and 196^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -10 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.