The Tomato Node of Node Tomato is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its smutty television, enslaved workforce, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.702 billion Node Tomatoans 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Tomatoan economy, worth 584 trillion Nodecoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,170 Nodecoins, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, it's never "just a game" with Node Tomatoan sports fans, Node Tomato shot first, and newly-peaceful nations are forced to use assault rifles as farming tools due to a lack of funds for purchasing anything else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Tomato's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Tomato is ranked 255,220^th in the world and 2^nd in The Node for Rudest Citizens, with 25.69 insults per minute.