The Plum Node of Node Plum is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.599 billion Node Plumians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Plumian economy, worth 528 trillion Nodecoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 115,015 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Requests for government aid can be forwarded to the beach, Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, surveillance cameras are banned, and high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Plum's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Plum is ranked 42,043^rd in the world and 25^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,280.3 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.