The Black Node of Node Black is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 4.588 billion Node Blackians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Blackian economy, worth 544 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,786 Nodecoins, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists, basic multiplication is all you need to know to have a child, the nation's children are known for being even more apathetic and cynical than their parents, and structures are raised on promises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Black's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Black is ranked 23,396^th in the world and 6^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,996.5 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.