The Republic of Mambo 56 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.002 billion Mambo 56ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mambo 56ian economy, worth 56.8 trillion Izerns a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,656 Izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It isn't a secret plot without caviar and foie gras, Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, and all facts are created equal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 56's national animal is the Izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 56 is ranked 250,539^th in the world and 474^th in Izern for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.