The Teal Node of Node Teal is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, avowedly heterosexual populace, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.546 billion Node Tealians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Node Tealian economy, worth 510 trillion Nodecoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,399 Nodecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site, the overhead luggage compartment is often full, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, and pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Node Tealian roads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Teal's national animal is the Circuit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Node Teal is ranked 146,656^th in the world and 73^rd in The Node for Largest Populations, with 4.55 billion capita.