The Republic of Mambo 177 is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, hard-working population of 564 million Mambo 177ians 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 36.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 177ian economy, worth 30.6 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 54,193 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, and spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 177's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 177 is ranked 267,543^rd in the world and 716^th in Izern for Largest Populations, with 564 million capita.