The Deep Sky Blue Node of Node Deep Sky Blue is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.589 billion Node Deep Sky Blueans 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Node Deep Sky Bluean economy, worth 507 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 Tourism. 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 110,509 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Signs of extraterrestrial life are just foreign astronauts evading Node Deep Sky Bluean justice, political spontaneity takes a lot of planning, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and Node Deep Sky Blue City is a police state during international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Deep Sky Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Deep Sky Blue is ranked 243,045^th in the world and 93^rd in The Node for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.7 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.