The Powder Blue Node of Node Powder Blue is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.586 billion Node Powder Blueans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Powder Bluean economy, worth 499 trillion Nodecoins a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,894 Nodecoins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 351,934 per year while the poor average 25,462, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, even in the most hardened climate scientists break down at the sound of a single drop of rain, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and the studies of art and philosophy are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Powder Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Powder Blue is ranked 46,028^th in the world and 90^th in The Node for Largest Black Market, with 20.5 trillion Standard Monetary Units.