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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Furn_Darkside" data-source="post: 368425" data-attributes="member: 210">The problem with a vampire running the place- is that they have a major vulnerability in sunlight. This puts them in two bad situations-1) If the vamp does not have a strong controlling force without that vulnerability, then any uprising has an entire sunny day to bring the tyranny to an end.2) If the vamp does have a strong controlling force without that vulnerability, then they have to trust those in charge of those forces.The biggest way around this is a wizard/cleric vampire with access to divination spells, but even that is limited.The vamp's best bet is to put the people in charge of themselves. He will not be a tyrant. He will not raid and pillage the cities/towns, and he will not crush the middle-class with taxes. He has only two laws- 1) the shedding of blood is a crime punishable by the criminal being turned over to him.2) anyone working to overthrow or slay him will have themselves, their families, and their nearest neighbours turned over to the vampire. Anyone turning in a person plotting will have their non-guilty family exempt to the.. collection.Other then that- the people can lead their own lives. He will put into place an elected council from the major cities that will vote on all issue. The vampire will have two votes on the council, and he will insure taxes that go to him will stay low.Ok- so what is the truth of the situation? Well, the vampire is basically being honest. He spends his money on buying slaves to feed on and as with the way of cities- crime happens and he gets the culprits. When desperate, he has some minions he sends out to raid ships of nations who refuse to trade with him- and then he has more blood.Law #2 proves surprisingly effective- the occasional adventure party are often ambushed shortly after entering the nation- thanks to being ratted out by the citizens fearful of the second law.Most citizens try not to think of the vampire- the nobles come to love him. He throws lavish parties and is always on the cutting edge of fashion and other social issues. He is the perfect host.The vamp uses his powers to wipe out the monster threats in his country, and builds an army strong enough to defend the walls.. a navy for the shores. Oh, the elected council- under mental control from the beginning. The vampire is not stupid. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In the end, the evil country is a powerful economic force where the people are more socially and politically free then most of the people that live under kinds, lords, and etc.  Of course- a lot of their freedom is an illusion, but you try telling them that. At least they have food on their plates and not afraid of monsters at night.--Demons could just open the gates of hell, but you would not have much to the cities but slave-spots for the demons amusement.Demons taking on lives that mock human life- they have stores, but they sell sick and twisted version of mortal wares. Farms are replaced by breeding camps for mortal races. Entertainment is often in the form of arena battles for the mortals and museums to display twisted art created by the monsters. I won't even imagine their version of church.I pity the adventurer who seeks to go to either type of country, but that is what heroes are for.. right?FD</blockquote>

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