The Republic of Mambo 152 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, parental licensing program, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The compassionate, devout population of 607 million Mambo 152ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The very strong Mambo 152ian economy, worth 40.7 trillion izerns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,060 izerns, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 284,459 per year while the poor average 10,199, a ratio of 27.9 to 1.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, and minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 152's national animal is the izern, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mambo 152 is ranked 91,332^nd in the world and 430^th in Izern for Nicest Citizens, with 15.09 average smiles per day.