The Slate Blue Node of Node Slate Blue is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, lack of airports, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 4.585 billion Node Slate Blueans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Slate Bluean economy, worth 532 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, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 116,039 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables, and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Slate Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Slate Blue is ranked 116,805^th in the world and 85^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,231.75 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.