The Goldenrod Node of Node Goldenrod is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.612 billion Node Goldenrodians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Goldenrodian economy, worth 615 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, 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 133,479 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, the decision to be oppressed is now made democratically, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and billions of Nodecoins are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Goldenrod's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Goldenrod is ranked 155,416^th in the world and 49^th in The Node for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,681.16 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.