The Blue Node of Node Blue is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.597 billion Node Blueans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Bluean economy, worth 541 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,693 Nodecoins, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and chipped paint can see a building condemned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Blue is ranked 300,925^th in the world and 143^rd in The Node for Nicest Citizens, with 1.04 average smiles per day.