The Republic of Ulm 400 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, parental licensing program, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.562 billion Ulm 400ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 400ian economy, worth 185 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. 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 118,773 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 439,003 per year while the poor average 22,651, a ratio of 19.4 to 1.

Local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and endangered species are effective hostages against the Ulm 400ian military. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 400's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 400 is ranked 90,773^rd in the world and 181^st in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,250.03 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.