The Republic of Ulm 287 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.51 billion Ulm 287ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 287ian economy, worth 177 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 117,628 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 332,975 per year while the poor average 33,227, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, the dartboard at the Ulm 287ian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face, and school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 287's national animal is the Bear.

Ulm 287 is ranked 264,726^th in the world and 277^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.