The Republic of Mambo 186 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 572 million Mambo 186ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 46.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 186ian economy, worth 28.6 trillion izerns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,016 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Kindhearted Mambo 186ians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, and disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 186's national animal is the izern.

Mambo 186 is ranked 315,495^th in the world and 840^th in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.82 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.