The Orange Node of Node Orange is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, unlimited-speed roads, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.592 billion Node Orangeans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Orangean economy, worth 540 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 117,812 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The rich are once again pinching pennies, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean, and not all rivers run to the sea. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Orange's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Orange is ranked 87,711^th in the world and 64^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,538.15 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.