The Republic of Ulm 385 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, parental licensing program, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.431 billion Ulm 385ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 385ian economy, worth 186 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,007 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 382,587 per year while the poor average 34,783, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, thrift shops are closing their doors, Ulm 385 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 385's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 385 is ranked 294,931^st in the world and 408^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -10.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.