The Cornsilk Node of Node Cornsilk is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.589 billion Node Cornsilkians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Cornsilkian economy, worth 529 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,410 Nodecoins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 331,845 per year while the poor average 31,898, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, agricultural employees work for peanuts, and orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Cornsilk's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Cornsilk is ranked 49,540^th in the world and 72^nd in The Node for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,970.8 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.