The Republic of Mambo 117 is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 961 million Mambo 117ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.2%.

The Mambo 117ian economy, worth 49.7 trillion currencies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,762 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 9.6 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, wandering Mambo 117ians are known for their one-track minds, kindhearted Mambo 117ians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, and the best way to get the government to U-turn is to squick out Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 117's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 117 is ranked 87,340^th in the world and 492^nd in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,126.63 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.