The Republic of Mambo 90 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 910 million Mambo 90ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 64.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Mambo 90ian economy, worth 51.2 trillion currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 56,257 currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, and goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 90's national animal is the animal, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mambo 90 is ranked 56,275^th in the world and 163^rd in Izern for Highest Poor Incomes, with 50,869.42 Standard Monetary Units.