The Republic of Mambo 218 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 633 million Mambo 218ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 48.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 218ian economy, worth 25.0 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,427 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named", the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, and the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 218's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 218 is ranked 110,581^st in the world and 759^th in Izern for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,316.38 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.