The Salmon Node of Node Salmon is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The cynical, devout population of 4.61 billion Node Salmonians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Salmonian economy, worth 579 trillion Nodecoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,617 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, helicopter parenting is on the rise, and there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Salmon's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Salmon is ranked 104,457^th in the world and 142^nd in The Node for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 849.44 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.