The Republic of Mambo 85 is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 952 million Mambo 85ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.6%.

The strong Mambo 85ian economy, worth 44.9 trillion currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 47,128 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

A murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, and a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 85's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mambo 85 is ranked 205,990^th in the world and 769^th in Izern for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,654.68 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.