The Republic of Mambo 282 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its smutty television, avowedly heterosexual populace, and national health service. The hard-nosed, devout population of 595 million Mambo 282ians 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, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 282ian economy, worth 21.5 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,185 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 282's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 282 is ranked 89,083^rd in the world and 410^th in Izern for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 51.87 Effective Tax Rate.