The Republic of Mambo 24 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 1.164 billion Mambo 24ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 24ian economy, worth 95.0 trillion Izerns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 81,623 Izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Contrails and thunderous rumbles have returned to the skies above, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, and clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 24's national animal is the Izern, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mambo 24 is ranked 58,896^th in the world and 250^th in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,720.77 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.