The Federal Republic of Mambo 5 is a massive, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 1.527 billion Mambo 5ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.8%.

The powerhouse Mambo 5ian economy, worth 128 trillion monies 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 83,825 monies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 323,532 per year while the poor average 14,920, a ratio of 21.7 to 1.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, the military has declared that 'a woman's place is in the mess hall', the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', and enemy combatants are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 5's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 5 is ranked 56,797^th in the world and 163^rd in Izern for Largest Black Market, with 11.2 trillion Standard Monetary Units.