The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 38 is a massive, genial nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.084 billion Ulm 38ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blagozny. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 38ian economy, worth 268 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,620 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

You can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, the government insists that a ghost voted ten million times in the last election, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Ulm 38 to be bombproof. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 38's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 38 is ranked 121,103^rd in the world and 41^st in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,126.79 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.