The Swabian Autonomous Zone of Ulm 39 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, zero percent divorce rate, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.192 billion Ulm 39ians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smolovka. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 39ian economy, worth 296 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 135,309 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, and the nation's armed forces are recruiting thousands to help colonise Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 39's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 39 is ranked 260,046^th in the world and 365^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 39.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.