The Vampire Syndicate of Black Ivars is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Methuselah Ţepeș with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, rampant corporate plagiarism, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 47.078 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crypt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.6%.

The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth an astonishing 10,947 trillion blood barrels a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 232,536 blood barrels, with the richest citizens earning 9.8 times as much as the poorest.

An underground group of geologists hides new discoveries to protect them from being destroyed in the name of safety, citizens' new superpowers include immortal cells that can't stop replicating, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Bat Dung" has been declared a national treasure, and factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, 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 24,419^th in the world and 235^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 6,628.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.