Romania is an East-European country or, more accurately, a county. For the twelve centuries it has existed, it has never converted to a republic or upgraded to a kingdom, making it the foremost state nobody cares about, despite its impressive size. The county was founded by Count Placide Dracula when he stole a collection of duchies, counties, principalities and other tracts of land from his neighbours. Because of the territorial wars which occurred on a daily basis, such a buffer-state proved convenient, and these neighbours let Count P. Dracula do as he pleased.