The Chartreuse Node of Node Chartreuse is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its smutty television, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.554 billion Node Chartreuseans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Chartreusean economy, worth 541 trillion Nodecoins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,953 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

There are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", terrorism and assassination are tried-and-true methods of political activism, and military officers are given medals for disobeying orders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Chartreuse's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Chartreuse is ranked 205,978^th in the world and 54^th in The Node for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.05 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.