The Republic of Mambo 47 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 1.014 billion Mambo 47ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.1%.

The strong Mambo 47ian economy, worth 77.7 trillion Izerns 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, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 76,676 Izerns, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, and unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 47's national animal is the Izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 47 is ranked 73,976^th in the world and 377^th in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,360.72 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.