The Republic of Ulm 306 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 1.603 billion Ulm 306ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 306ian economy, worth 210 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,031 Ducats, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 504,761 per year while the poor average 23,395, a ratio of 21.6 to 1.

Ancestry test results arrive bundled with patent applications, lending money has become a major liability, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and kindhearted Ulm 306ians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 306's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 306 is ranked 38,400^th in the world and 299^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 6,263.86 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.