The Republic of Mambo 232 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, lack of airports, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 542 million Mambo 232ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.2%.

The Mambo 232ian economy, worth 26.5 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,926 izerns, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

All children's clothes come in only cream and off-white to prevent offense, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity, and music award shows include surprise polygraph segments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 232's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 232 is ranked 298,229^th in the world and 882^nd in Izern for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,162.25 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.