The Republic of Mambo 299 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 476 million Mambo 299ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 299ian economy, worth 25.0 trillion izerns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,550 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Tetris has been banned for its graphic violent content, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers, and the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 299's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 299 is ranked 90,685^th in the world and 408^th in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 33,595.55 Standard Monetary Units.