The Republic of Mambo 35 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.182 billion Mambo 35ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 35ian economy, worth 55.4 trillion Izerns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 46,830 Izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, among slaves 'bastard' is an honorific rather than an insult, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 35's national animal is the Izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 35 is ranked 77,531^st in the world and 411^th in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,316.51 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.