The Republic of Ulmclear is a huge, safe nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed population of 831 million Ulmclearians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ulmclearian economy, worth 65.1 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 78,395 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, and soiled underwear is being repurposed as (off-)white flags. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulmclear's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ulmclear is ranked 51,981^st in the world and 2^nd in Ulm for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 19,758.9 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.