The Aqua Node of Node Aqua is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, zero percent divorce rate, and parental licensing program. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.596 billion Node Aquans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Aquan economy, worth 560 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,913 Nodecoins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 571,683 per year while the poor average 15,500, a ratio of 36.9 to 1.

Black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, the government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, and immigrant Maxtopians are routinely sold on popular internet auction sites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Aqua's national animal is the Circuit.

Node Aqua is ranked 144,349^th in the world and 145^th in The Node for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 451.26 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.