The Tomato Node of Node Tomato is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.586 billion Node Tomatoans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Tomatoan economy, worth 569 trillion Nodecoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,170 Nodecoins, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, it's never "just a game" with Node Tomatoan sports fans, Node Tomato shot first, and newly-peaceful nations are forced to use assault rifles as farming tools due to a lack of funds for purchasing anything else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Tomato's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Tomato is ranked 64,311^th in the world and 110^th in The Node for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,590.45 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.