The Republic of Ulm 300 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.578 billion Ulm 300ians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 300ian economy, worth 179 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, 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 113,852 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds', citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks, and trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 300's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 300 is ranked 33,607^th in the world and 98^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 50.74 on the Kitten Softness Rating.