The Vampire Syndicate of Black Ivars is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Methuselah Ţepeș with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 41.967 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 receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crypt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.1%.

The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth an astonishing 10,152 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 241,920 blood barrels, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

The Crypt Women's Prison Choir now has a baritone section, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", and talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction. Crime is moderate. 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 206,355^th in the world and 4,056^th in the South Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.