The Vampire Syndicate of Black Ivars is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Methuselah Ţepeș with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 37.694 billion Nosferatus are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Healthcare, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crypt. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth an astonishing 11,110 trillion blood barrels a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 294,765 blood barrels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

School children are expected to know the names of all seven hundred native tribes and their cultural practices, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, wars are filled with soldiers wielding machetes and chainsaws for safety reasons, and national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Ivars's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is necromancy.

Black Ivars is ranked 180,128^th in the world and 9,043^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Crime Rates, with 2.66 crimes per hour.