The Armed Republic of Ulm 60 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its digital currency, enslaved workforce, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.839 billion Ulm 60ians 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 Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 60ian economy, worth 236 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,341 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet, thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, employees who skip lunch to avoid sub-par cafeteria food risk getting fired, and phenotypic plasticity is a struggle for sealife in polluted waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 60's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ulm 60 is ranked 27,099^th in the world and 56^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 265.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.