The Dark Orange Node of Node Dark Orange is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.594 billion Node Dark Orangeans 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Dark Orangean economy, worth 588 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 128,002 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Node Dark Orangeans are shown the peaceful ways of free trade by force, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, devotion to God is only skin-deep, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Dark Orange's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Dark Orange is ranked 20,206^th in the world and 1^st in The Node for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,330.02 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.