The Republic of Ulm 388 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.467 billion Ulm 388ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.2%.
The all-consuming Ulm 388ian economy, worth 169 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,350 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.
Appendix transplant figures have recently doubled, heavily-laden pregnant women are told they can manage, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, and employees who skip lunch to avoid sub-par cafeteria food risk getting fired. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 388's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Ulm 388 is ranked 26,524th in the world and 135th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 29,194.67 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Ulm 388, employees who skip lunch to avoid sub-par cafeteria food risk getting fired.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, heavily-laden pregnant women are told they can manage.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, appendix transplant figures have recently doubled.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, Ulm 388 is increasingly belligerent on the international stage.
- : Ulm 388 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic, Most Developed, and Smartest Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be.
- : Following new legislation in Ulm 388, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness'.
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