The Incorporated States of Ulm 54 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.929 billion Ulm 54ians 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, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 54ian economy, worth 285 trillion rubles 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, broadly 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 147,990 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods, exterminators swarm Ulm 54ian homes, and the statue in the Miller Plaza has a solar panel for a hat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 54's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 54 is ranked 316,183^rd in the world and 461^st in Swabian autonomous region for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 14.57 on the Kitten Softness Rating.