The Republic of Mambo 293 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 483 million Mambo 293ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mambo 293ian economy, worth 19.4 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,160 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Mambo 293ian politicians, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, and when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 293's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 293 is ranked 77,828^th in the world and 272^nd in Izern for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.