The Republic of Mambo 164 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 641 million Mambo 164ians 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, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Social Policy, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 164ian economy, worth 33.6 trillion izerns a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,437 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, ancestry test results arrive bundled with patent applications, dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', and the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 164's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 164 is ranked 70,050^th in the world and 83^rd in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,210.09 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.