The United Socialist States of Ulm 84 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.95 billion Ulm 84ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 84ian economy, worth 215 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,262 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The politician's labor union forces stage names upon candidates, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars, and there is one competing standard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 84's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ulm 84 is ranked 275,803^rd in the world and 296^th in Swabian autonomous region for Highest Drug Use, scoring 34.02 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.