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The Afterlife of the Party of Vampire Barmaid is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by A Bloody Pain in the Neck with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.026 billion Vampire Barmaids 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Musty Wine Cellar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Vampire Barmaid economy, worth 987 trillion BARMAID coins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,513 BARMAID coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 462,313 per year while the poor average 32,002, a ratio of 14.4 to 1.

The voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, pet owners are granted clemency from being ritually sacrificed, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, and the government spares every expense for national defence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vampire Barmaid's national animal is the Vampire Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Church of the Blood Rite.

Vampire Barmaid is ranked 30,400^th in the world and 1^st in BARMAIDS ltd for Highest Average Incomes, with 140,513.81 Standard Monetary Units.