The Vampire Syndicate of Black Ivars is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Methuselah Ţepeș with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 41.922 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, although Industry, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crypt. The average income tax rate is 43.6%.

The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth an astonishing 10,137 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 241,821 blood barrels, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, sausages are seldom seen in the supermarket, ticket touts are blamed for the downfall of communism, and fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, 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 1,730^th in the world and 36^th in the South Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 32,101.11 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.