The Republic of Mambo 196 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 610 million Mambo 196ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 32.0%.

The very strong Mambo 196ian economy, worth 43.4 trillion izerns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,170 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, lumberjacks only use certified eco-friendly chainsaws, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and it turns out that trees grow on izerns. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 196's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 196 is ranked 112,010^th in the world and 651^st in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 757.73 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.