The Emirate of Ulm 83 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.873 billion Ulm 83ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 83ian economy, worth 244 trillion rupees a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,622 rupees, with the richest citizens earning 9.6 times as much as the poorest.

The mark of a good ruler is the largeness of his chin, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 83's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 83 is ranked 303,504^th in the world and 442^nd in Swabian autonomous region for Nicest Citizens, with 0.94 average smiles per day.