1. A method, comprising: receiving a database query comprising a logical query indicator at a distributed database node within a distributed network of databases, where the logical query indicator comprises at least one physical database query and at least one database node identifier identifying at least one distributed database node to execute the physical database query; determining that the at least one database node identifier matches a local node identifier; executing the at least one physical database query against at least one local physical database table; forming a local query response comprising data retrieved from the at least one local physical database table; and responding to the database query with at least the local query response.