The Republic of Mambo 55 is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The quiet, industrious population of 980 million Mambo 55ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 39.3%.

The strong Mambo 55ian economy, worth 55.8 trillion Izerns a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,943 Izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos, domestic fishermen fly the Mambo 55ian flag out of fear of being blown up, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, and the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 55's national animal is the Izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 55 is ranked 126,799^th in the world and 565^th in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 25,874.9 Standard Monetary Units.