The Fiefdom of Ulm 87 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, enslaved workforce, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 1.946 billion Ulm 87ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulm 87ian economy, worth 239 trillion francs a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,232 francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, the "daily grind" consists of levelling up in tedious video games, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the elderly are killed softly with a song. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm 87's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm 87 is ranked 267,139^th in the world and 430^th in Swabian autonomous region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5.06 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.