The Republic of Mambo 185 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 544 million Mambo 185ians 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, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 37.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 185ian economy, worth 32.4 trillion izerns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,493 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, the arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 185's national animal is the izern, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mambo 185 is ranked 156,169^th in the world and 255^th in Izern for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 389.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.