The Federal Republic of Mambo 13 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, enslaved workforce, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.363 billion Mambo 13ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.5%.

The thriving Mambo 13ian economy, worth 123 trillion monies 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, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. 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 90,638 monies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 294,356 per year while the poor average 21,043, a ratio of 14.0 to 1.

Cheating spouses are required to undergo job training, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and edgy teens know that illegal discos are where the cool cats hang. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 13's national animal is the card.

Mambo 13 is ranked 198,386^th in the world and 690^th in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 21,043.83 Standard Monetary Units.