The Republic of Mambo 289 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 525 million Mambo 289ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 36.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 289ian economy, worth 24.8 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,188 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, the sound of rattles and selfie shots regularly disrupt political debates, and the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 289's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 289 is ranked 272,438^th in the world and 791^st in Izern for Largest Populations, with 525 million capita.