The Republic of Ulm 337 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and ban on automobiles. The devout population of 1.644 billion Ulm 337ians 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 337ian economy, worth 176 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,311 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, the traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face, high school bands practice by moonlight, and exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 337's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 337 is ranked 288,887^th in the world and 299^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -13 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.