The Republic of Mambo 72 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ritual sacrifices, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate population of 979 million Mambo 72ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Mambo 72ian economy, worth 62.8 trillion currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 64,111 currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, all industry is owned and run by the government, the election for Leader's office's janitor is heating up, and teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mambo 72's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mambo 72 is ranked 233,290^th in the world and 802^nd in Izern for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,508.06 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.