Vlatava

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• Official Name: Republic of Vlatava
• Capital City: Vlatavograd (44°00'N 22°52'E)
• Places of Interest: Calafat, Negotin, Vlatavograd, and Zajecar
• Major Languages: Vlatavan, Bulgarian, and Symkarian
• Demonym: Vlatavan
• Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• • President: Hrabro Dachev
  • Vice President: Novak Tatarescu
• Area: 5,450 km²
• Population: 381,460
  • Density: 69.99 km²
• Monetary Unit: Vlatavan lev
• Major Resources: Coal, iron ore, uranium, copper, timber, and marble
• National Defence: Vlatavan Armed Forces, consisting of an Army and Air Force
• International Relations: Member of UNESCO, the United Nations, and World Trade Organisation
• Domestic Metahumans: Count Vertigo
• History: Vlatava is a small Balkan country that fell under the influence of the Soviet Bloc at the end of the Second World War. The communist takeover of Vlatava included the bloody execution of the hereditary royal family, who were all presumed dead for many years. However, many years later, a man named Werner Vertigo (better known as Count Vertigo) emerged and claimed to be the rightful heir to the duchy of Vlatava. Vertigo had trouble asserting his claim to Vlatava, and was never successful in reclaiming his family's throne.
  
  Recently, a violent revolution has been staged in Vlatava, financed by extreme right wing elements in the United States, and using Count Vertigo as its figurehead. While the revolutionists claim to be acting on the behalf of the Vlatavan people's freedom, their true goal remains elusive.
  
  Latveria sent the Symkarian elite mercenary unit known as the Wild Pack to disrupt the revolutionists' supply lines and halt the revolution all together. After a violent confrontation between the two groups, Vertigo and the revolutionists retreated from their positions in Vlatava, leaving the country to fend for itself. Like many other countries in the Balkans, Vlatava is now enjoying the birth pangs of democracy.