Blutwig

Blutwig is the oldest vampire canton in the Federal Kingdom of Neuland. Only vampires are allowed to permanently reside within its borders.

Governance
Blutwig is governed by the Blutwigratus, an aleatory body which members are selected by a lottery draw.

Banking
Blutwig is notable for its banks, which own several goldmines in other cantons of Neuland.

History
Blutwig was founded in 56 CC. As vampires had not resorted to maritime travel due to their fear of water, their transport from native continents (especially Guntreland) was carried out by Neulandian crews and using Neulandian ships. Many of the vampires were blindfolded for this purpose. There are several theories speculating about the motives of King Francis III to welcome vampires to his continent: that he had simply wished to increase the population of his, still mostly deserted, country to the conspiracy that he had in fact wanted to set up a private vampire army which he would then use to extrajudicially wipe out the remnants of Labserism. The King of Guntreland, who had hitherto forbidden vampires' travelling abroad out of fear that they might purchase hostages from the Confederation pirates, was relieved at their emigration to Neuland and endorsed it. Blutwig became an equal canton of the Federal Kingdom in 100 CC.