The Republic of Mambo 80 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.147 billion Mambo 80ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 50.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mambo 80ian economy, worth 111 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,617 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, all facts are created equal, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, and a major religion has been named as Mambo 80's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 80's national animal is the animal.

Mambo 80 is ranked 64,745^th in the world and 418^th in Izern for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,916.13 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.