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In two days Latveria does indeed join the EU (due to a Brussels prankster rerouting papers destined for Latvia, but it's too late to fix that now). Untouched by two world wars, Communism and the Yugoslav Wars of Secession, Latveria has remained unchanged in many ways, but hopes to update its image.
Most outsiders, if they've heard of Latveria at all, confuse it with some breakaway former Yugoslav republic, "that place with all the vampires and Boris and Natasha" or maybe a sort of North Korea run by Ludwig II. Not true!
Latveria is very much a part of the European economy. Latveria's industrial powerhouse, DoomCo (also registered as Doom s.p.A., Doom GmbH, Matrix Doom and Doom N.V.) are eagerly soliciting civilian markets for their patented Time Platform(tm) and negative Zone(tm) technologies. Latverian lekvar sits on almost every table in Central Europe (except Hungary, due to rigid import laws that also govern paprika). They've even got an entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest! Latverian beauty Marija Cptuzi, with her hit "Cease To Resist," is considered the act to beat this year.
The Latverian Tourist Board welcomes you! (Unless you're the Craptastic Quartet or Spiderfink, that is.) Come see the $20 million Exhibition of Latverian Economic Achievements. Visit the Werewolf Petting Zoo! Real people from the past tell you what it was like back then, in the Dr. Doom's Hall of Time. An unforgettable experience awaits you in Latveria!
Yes, Latveria *was* on the US State Department list of state supporters of terrorism, but was dropped in 1995. A State Dept bureaucrat, eager to meet budget targets, used that year's Paperwork Reduction Act as an excuse to destroy all records pertaining to that country.
And the Dr. did finally get his face fixed, but since he was wearing the mask when Darth Vader was in short pants, why stop now? |
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