The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 30 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.214 billion Ulm 30ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stuvsky. The average income tax rate is 74.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 30ian economy, worth 266 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. 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 120,557 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon, and Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 30's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 30 is ranked 294,092^nd in the world and 339^th in Swabian autonomous region for Highest Drug Use, scoring 20.91 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.