The Republic of Ulm 369 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.458 billion Ulm 369ians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 369ian economy, worth 185 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 127,285 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, and school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 369's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 369 is ranked 33,095^th in the world and 85^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,524.2 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.