The Republic of Mambo 227 is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, unlimited-speed roads, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 581 million Mambo 227ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.5%.

The very strong Mambo 227ian economy, worth 33.9 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,301 izerns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 168,359 per year while the poor average 16,017, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Comatose jurors are the defense's favorite, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Mambo 227 City Times is sold out, Mambo 227's fine wines are renowned throughout the region, and there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 227's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 227 is ranked 299,130^th in the world and 876^th in Izern for Nicest Citizens, with 1.11 average smiles per day.