The Republic of Mambo 150 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its parental licensing program, otherworldly petting zoo, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 568 million Mambo 150ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 150ian economy, worth 23.3 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,042 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column, protests are illegal, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, and elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 150's national animal is the izern, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mambo 150 is ranked 169,156^th in the world and 670^th in Izern for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 67.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.