The Queendom of Ulm 71 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.984 billion Ulm 71ians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 71ian economy, worth 264 trillion guilders 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, 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 132,825 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, it isn't a secret plot without caviar and foie gras, there is no rest for the widowed, and money is being desperately pumped into the ruined economy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 71's national animal is the giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ulm 71 is ranked 21,500^th in the world and 180^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Developed, scoring 86.69 on the Human Development Index.