The Republic of Mambo 209 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed population of 560 million Mambo 209ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny government is primarily concerned with Education, although Law & Order, Public Transport, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Administration are ignored. The average income tax rate is 9.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 209ian economy, worth 14.4 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,728 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, compass sales have gone south, and skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Mambo 209's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 209 is ranked 307,103^rd in the world and 864^th in Izern for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -3.16 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.