The Republic of Mambo 82 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 986 million Mambo 82ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.3%.

The strong Mambo 82ian economy, worth 72.2 trillion currencies a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,250 currencies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 312,794 per year while the poor average 11,013, a ratio of 28.4 to 1.

Internet trolls are considered valiant supporters of the right to free speech, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied animal, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 82's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 82 is ranked 33,884^th in the world and 49^th in Izern for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,516.73 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.