The Republic of Mambo 249 is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 472 million Mambo 249ians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 249ian economy, worth 24.1 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,957 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten, and many in Mambo 249 are born in the purple. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 249's national animal is the izern.

Mambo 249 is ranked 82,466^th in the world and 346^th in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 36,855.59 Standard Monetary Units.