The Republic of Mambo 262 is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 594 million Mambo 262ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 26.9%.

The Mambo 262ian economy, worth 30.6 trillion izerns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,533 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, and exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 262's national animal is the izern, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mambo 262 is ranked 234,281^st in the world and 617^th in Izern for Safest, scoring 40.6 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.