The Republic of Mambo 201 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 631 million Mambo 201ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 201ian economy, worth 21.4 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,849 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

"Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, Goldilocks has found a lucrative career as a zoning consultant, the face of Leader is a permanent feature of the Mambo 201 City skyline, and the government is under the thumb of countless special interests. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 201's national animal is the izern, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mambo 201 is ranked 261,245^th in the world and 437^th in Izern for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 27.03 on the Bus Surprisal Index.