The Republic of Mambo 118 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 818 million Mambo 118ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.7%.

The thriving Mambo 118ian economy, worth 60.3 trillion currencies 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Trout Farming, and Retail. 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 73,711 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Top gamblers bet against seedy hoopers, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, and war vets look after war animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 118's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 118 is ranked 112,179^th in the world and 522^nd in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 28,008.36 Standard Monetary Units.