The Wheat Node of Node Wheat is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, enslaved workforce, and state-planned economy. The cynical, devout population of 4.58 billion Node Wheatians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Wheatian economy, worth 550 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 120,171 Nodecoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visitors to Node Wheat are microchipped and must be escorted by a Node Wheatian soldier - even to the bathroom, trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages, there's a bright dawn ahead for Node Wheat, and emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Wheat's national animal is the Circuit.

Node Wheat is ranked 276,444^th in the world and 130^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 408.27 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.