The Olive Node of Node Olive is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, parental licensing program, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.546 billion Node Oliveans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Olivean economy, worth 556 trillion Nodecoins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 122,392 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, cities in Node Olive declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Olive's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Olive is ranked 47,286^th in the world and 31^st in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,157.48 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.