The Republic of Ulm Protector is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, avowedly heterosexual populace, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 1.018 billion Ulm Protectorians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ulm Protectorian economy, worth 45.0 trillion Ducats a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,183 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, and artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulm Protector's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulm Protector is ranked 157,911^th in the world and 11^th in Ulm for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 363.83 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.