The Vampire Syndicate of Black Ivars is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Methuselah Ţepeș with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, enslaved workforce, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 27.183 billion Nosferatus are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crypt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.6%.
The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth a remarkable 5,935 trillion blood litres a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 218,343 blood litres, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 681,516 per year while the poor average 53,710, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.
Wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in Black Ivars after the ban on emigration was lifted, and the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Black Ivars's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is necromancy.
Black Ivars is ranked 143,340th in the world and 5,702nd in the South Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 0.55 Bananas Ingested Per Day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Black Ivars, the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in Black Ivars after the ban on emigration was lifted.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence'.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, swings are banned for being a danger to children.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, cancer rates amongst the richest in society are inexplicably on the rise.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, the booming slave trade is now government-funded.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government imposed restrictions.
- : Following new legislation in Black Ivars, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year.
- : Black Ivars was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and the Top 10% for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
