The Republic of Mambo 81 is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 922 million Mambo 81ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.2%.

The thriving Mambo 81ian economy, worth 73.8 trillion currencies a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,081 currencies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 294,906 per year while the poor average 15,361, a ratio of 19.2 to 1.

The country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, the sun rises an hour later on border communities, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 81's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 81 is ranked 131,187^th in the world and 165^th in Izern for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 832.91 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.