The Queendom of Ulm 55 is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.91 billion Ulm 55ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 55ian economy, worth 220 trillion marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,304 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, prospective secessionists nervously declare how worthless and unimportant they are, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 55's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ulm 55 is ranked 255,783^rd in the world and 183^rd in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -6.88 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.