The Republic of Mambo 44 is a massive, genial nation, notable for its closed borders, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.19 billion Mambo 44ians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 44ian economy, worth 79.4 trillion Izerns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,695 Izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Art is not complete without a touch of alizarin blood and titanium sweat, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, and a major religion has been named as Mambo 44's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 44's national animal is the Izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 44 is ranked 202,417^th in the world and 675^th in Izern for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 816.02 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.