The Mint Cream Node of Node Mint Cream is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.523 billion Node Mint Creamians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 60.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Mint Creamian economy, worth 556 trillion Nodecoins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,012 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were, and pillows outnumber picket signs at most workers rallies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Mint Cream's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Mint Cream is ranked 122,068^th in the world and 3^rd in The Node for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,095.93 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.