The Orange Red Node of Node Orange Red is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its digital currency, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.585 billion Node Orange Redians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Orange Redian economy, worth 526 trillion Nodecoins a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,736 Nodecoins, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, vets have been drafted in to help "fix" those who fail the parental license exam, and Node Orange Red City consists only of government buildings and the mansions of government janitors. 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 Red's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Orange Red is ranked 50,885^th in the world and 64^th in The Node for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 67.92 Effective Tax Rate.