The Republic of Mambo 61 is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed population of 1.043 billion Mambo 61ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.4%.

The powerhouse Mambo 61ian economy, worth 70.9 trillion Izerns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,022 Izerns, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Among slaves 'bastard' is an honorific rather than an insult, lending money has become a major liability, edutainment video games are taking Mambo 61's students to the next level, and appendix transplant figures have recently doubled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 61's national animal is the Izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 61 is ranked 64,905^th in the world and 261^st in Izern for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 147.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.