The Republic of Mambo 193 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its parental licensing program, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 656 million Mambo 193ians 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 Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Mambo 193ian economy, worth 37.9 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 57,739 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Code enforcement officers circle wealthy Mambo 193ians like vultures, a PhD just ain't what it used to be, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, and escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 193's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 193 is ranked 306,913^th in the world and 792^nd in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.54 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.