The Republic of Mambo 43 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.025 billion Mambo 43ians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 43ian economy, worth 62.9 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 black market in Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. 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 61,331 Izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police, and CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 43's national animal is the Izern, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mambo 43 is ranked 28,946^th in the world and 49^th in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,721.4 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.