The Medium Slate Blue Node of Node Medium Slate Blue is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its digital currency, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 4.707 billion Node Medium Slate Blueans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Medium Slate Bluean economy, worth 543 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,397 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, pregnancy tests are under fire from the government for being marketed only to women, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, and officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Medium Slate Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Medium Slate Blue is ranked 272,006^th in the world and 51^st in The Node for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -10 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.