The Oppressed Peoples of Ulm 74 is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.958 billion Ulm 74ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 74ian economy, worth 269 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,205 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, and building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 74's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 74 is ranked 61,282^nd in the world and 245^th in Swabian autonomous region for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,819.25 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.